Ś

S with acute
S with acute
Ś ś
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	[ʃ]; [ɕ]; [sj]; [z]; [ɬ];
In Unicode	U+015A, U+015B, U+017F + U+0301
History
Development	Σ σ ς ς 𐌔 S S s ſ Ś ś; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Transliterations	С́; ش; ; שׂ; ሠ; श;
Other
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Ś (minuscule: ś or ſ́) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from S with the addition of an acute accent. It is used in Polish and Montenegrin alphabets, and in certain other languages or romanizations.^[1]

Uses

Ladin language – word-initial [z] (in Anpezo dialect it represents [z] in all positions)
In some dialects of the Emilian language – /z/
transliteration of a palatalized s in the Lydian language
In Proto-Semitic, a reconstructed voiceless lateral fricative phoneme /ɬ/, the parent phoneme of Ge'ez Śawt ሠ.
a sibilant phoneme of the earliest phase of the Sumerian language.
transliteration of a letter of the Etruscan alphabet, related to San and Tsade.
a sibilant phoneme of the ancient Iberian language.

Character information
Preview	Ś		ś		ſ		́
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH ACUTE		LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH ACUTE		LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S		COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	346	U+015A	347	U+015B	383	U+017F	769	U+0301
UTF-8	197 154	C5 9A	197 155	C5 9B	197 191	C5 BF	204 129	CC 81
Numeric character reference	Ś	Ś	ś	ś	ſ	ſ	́	́
Named character reference	&Sacute;		&sacute;