[General] What do you call it?

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Dawood Usmani

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Hi there! What do you call a combination of two letters that makes a single sound such as "ch", "sh", "gh" etc. I remember someone told me its name but it escapes me now.
 
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MASM

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ch, sh, z, zh... are sibilants. gh is not in the same group and I'm not sure if it has any name
 
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