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<p>The <a href="/facts/Grapheme/uzXGIsAr">grapheme</a> Ř, ř is a letter used in the alphabets of the <a href="/facts/Czech_language/ySvEftdh">Czech</a> and <a href="/facts/Upper_Sorbian/DuARBHID">Upper Sorbian</a> languages, as well as several other languages written in the <a href="/facts/Latin_script/7EWeJjUV">Latin script</a>. It was also used in proposed orthographies for the <a href="/facts/Silesian_language/HVssa0qx">Silesian language</a>. It has been used in academic transcriptions for <a href="/facts/Rhotic_consonant/tcAGzjfP">rhotic</a> sounds. </p><p>The Unicode glyphs are U+0158 Ř LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH CARON and U+0159 ř LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH CARON. Either can also be represented using the <a href="/facts/Combining_character/nH8SFbIL">combining character</a> U+030C ◌̌ COMBINING CARON. </p><p>To pronounce this sound, <a href="/facts/Czech_people/PsqFMBxp">Czech people</a> usually need a speech therapist to help them say this sound. </p>