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Ck is a digraph used in some languages written in the Latin alphabet. In many modern Germanic languages, ck is traditionally used in lieu of kk or cc to write the /k/ phoneme as double, indicating either a geminated pronunciation [kː], or a [k] that forces the preceding vowel under normal circumstances to be a short.

In English, ck represents the /k/ sound, and is common at the ends of words after checked vowels, as in "duck", "track", "tack", "deck", "tick", "lock" etc. It's functional difference from k is seen before a suffix: "tacker" vs. "taker"

In German, ck indicates that the preceding vowel is short. Prior to the German spelling reform of 1996, it was replaced by k-k for syllabification. The new spelling rules only allow a syllabification of the ck as a whole.

Old spelling: Säcke: Säk-ke ("sacks")
New spelling: Säcke: Sä-cke

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Digraphs	a’ aa ae ãe ah ai ãi ái aí aî am âm an än ân ån ão ao aq au äu aû aw ay 'b bb bd bh bp bz cc cg ch čh ci ck cn cö cs ct cu cz 'd dc dd dg dh dj dl dł dq dr dt dx dy dz dž dź dż e’ ea éa eá ee eh ei éi eî em ém êm en én ên ɛn eo eq eu eû ew ey ff fh gb gc ge gg gh għ gi gj gk gl gm gn gñ gq gr gu gü gw ǥw gx gy hh hj hl hm hn hs hu hw hx i’ ie ig ih ii ij il im ím in ín în io ío iq iu iú ix jh jj jö kg kh kj kk kl kn kp kr ku kw ḵw ky lh lj ll l·l ly mb mf mg mh ml mn mp mv n’ nb nc nd ng ńg ñg nh nj nk nn np nq nr ns nt nw nx ny nz o’ oa oe oê õe oh oi ói oí oî on om ôm ön ôn ɔn oo oq ou oû ow oy oŷ øy œu pf ph pl pn pp ps pt qg qh qu qw rd rh rl rn rr rs rt rz sc sç sh ſh si sj sk sl sr ss sv sy sz tc tg th ti tj tl tł tr ts tt tx ty tz u’ uc ue ug uh ui úi uí um úm un ún ün uo uq ur uu uw vh vv wh wr wu xg xh xi xö xu xw x̱w xy 'y yh yi yk ym yn yr yu yy zh zs zv zz
Trigraphs	aai abh adh aei agh aim ain aío amh aoi aon aou aoû aqh aye bhf c'h chh chj chs ddh dlh dsh dtc dzh dzv dzs eai eái eau ein eoi eqh geü ghj ghw gli gni guë güe gqh hhw hml hny idh igh ign ilh ill iqh iúi jyu khu khw lli nch ndl ndz ng’ ngb ngc ngg ngh ngk ngq ngw ngx nkc nkh nkp nkq nkx nph npl nqh nrh ntc nth ntl nts ntx nyh nyk nzv obh odh oen ogh oin oío omh ooi oqh plh qx’ rnd rrh sch sci sh' skj ssi sth stj tcg tch ths tlh tsg tsh tsj tsv tth txh tyh uío uqh urr xhw
Tetragraphs	abha adha agha aidh aigh amha chth dsch eabh eadh eamh eeuw eidh eigh ieuw illi gqx’ ndlh nplh ntsh ntxh nyng obha odha ogha oidh oigh omha ough phth thsh tsch
Pentagraphs	abhai adhai aghai amhai eabha eadha eamha eidhi eighi obhai odhai oghai oidhi oighi omhai tzsch
Hexagraphs	eabhai eadhai eamhai eidhea eighea oidhea oighea

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