Cyrillic Script
In Cyrillic used for languages of the Caucasus, there are tetragraphs as doubled digraphs used for 'strong' consonants (typically transcribed in the IPA as geminate), and also labialized homologues of trigraphs.
⟨кхъу⟩ is used in Kabardian for, the labialized homologue of ⟨кхъ⟩, in turn unpredictably derived from ejective ⟨къ⟩ .
⟨кӀкӀ⟩ is used in Avar for, the 'strong' homologue of ⟨кӀ⟩, the ejective (⟨Ӏ⟩) homologue of ⟨к⟩ . It is often substituted with ⟨кӀ⟩ .
⟨цӀцӀ⟩ is used in Avar for . It is often substituted with ⟨цӀ⟩ .
⟨чӀчӀ⟩ is used in Avar for . It is often substituted with ⟨чӀ⟩ .
⟨гъӀв⟩ is used in Archi for
⟨ккъӀ⟩ is used in Archi for
⟨къIв⟩ is used in Archi for
⟨ллъв⟩ is used in Archi for
⟨ххьI⟩ is used in Archi for
⟨хъIв⟩ is used in Archi for
⟨хьIв⟩ is used in Archi for
Read more about this topic: Tetragraph, List of Tetragraphs
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