thumb|D with caron in Doulos SIL The grapheme Ď (minuscule: ď) is a Latin letter used in the Czech and Slovak alphabets used to denote , the voiced palatal plosive (precisely alveolo-palatal), a sound similar to British English d in dew. It was also used in Polabian and Belanda Bor language of South Sudan. The majuscule of the letter (Ď) is formed from Latin D with the addition of a háček; the minuscule of the letter (ď) has a háček modified to an apostrophe-like stroke instead of a wedge. When collating, Ď is placed right after regular D in the alphabet.
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thumb|D with caron in Doulos SIL The grapheme Ď (minuscule: ď) is a Latin letter used in the Czech and Slovak alphabets used to denote , the voiced palatal plosive (precisely alveolo-palatal), a sound similar to British English d in dew. It was also used in Polabian and Belanda Bor language of South Sudan. The majuscule of the letter (Ď) is formed from Latin D with the addition of a háček; the minuscule of the letter (ď) has a háček modified to an apostrophe-like stroke instead of a wedge. When collating, Ď is placed right after regular D in the alphabet.
Ď is also used to represent uppercase eth in the coat of arms of Shetland although the standard uppercase form of eth is Ð.