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Trigraphs
[cancia | cancia la surgenti]The trigraph (Greek τρεις and γραφος, three written things) in the Unified Sicilian Language is a group of three letters used to represent one sound or a combination of sounds that don't correspond to the combined letters. For example, “sci” in the word “Sciacca”, are three letters and the resulting sound is only /ʃ/. This is a trigraph.
The trigraphs, described in the page above, are sci and cci before a, o, and u.
| Trigraph | Pronunciation | Example | Pronunciation | Significato italiano | Meaning in English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sci | /ʃ/ | ||||
| + a | Sciacca | /'ʃakkɐ/ | Sciacca | Sciacca (city) | |
| + o | scioppu | /'ʃɔppʊ/ | bottiglia/bicchiere (di birra) | bottle/glass (of beer) | |
| + u | sciúnniri | /'ʃunnɪɾɪ/ | sciogliere | to melt; to loosen, undo | |
| cci | /tʃ/ | ||||
| + a | picciari | /pit'tʃaɾɪ/ | piagnucolare | to whine | |
| + o | picciottu | /pɪt'tʃɔttʊ/ | ragazzo | boy, young man | |
| + u | picciusu | /pit'tʃusʊ/ | che piagnucola | whiny |