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Letter
Ž (lower case ž)
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Estonian
Letter
Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords.
- Sometimes written as zh.
Finnish
Etymology
Common European letter for this sound, apparently first used in Czech; see Ž on Wikipedia.
Letter
Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
Usage notes
- In the Finnish alphabet, Ž is a variant of Z.
- Often written as zh.
- Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.
Kalo Finnish Romani
Letter
Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
Usage notes
Used only in the digraph Dž.[1]
See also
References
- Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Aakkoset [Alphabet]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 6, 2022, pages 1-2
Lakota
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒ/
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á), Aŋ aŋ (Áŋ áŋ), B b, Č č, Čh čh, Čʼ čʼ, E e (É é), G g, Ǧ ǧ, H h, Ȟ ȟ, Ȟʼ ȟʼ, I i (Í í), Iŋ iŋ (Íŋ íŋ), K k, Kh kh, Kȟ kȟ, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Ph ph, Pȟ pȟ, Pʼ pʼ, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Š š, Šʼ šʼ, T t, Th th, Tȟ tȟ, Tʼ tʼ, U u (Ú ú), Uŋ uŋ (Úŋ úŋ), W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, ʼ
Latvian
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʒ]
Lithuanian
See also
- Appendix:Alphabets
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒ/
Letter
Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
Serbo-Croatian
See also
- Appendix:Alphabets
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒ/
Letter
Ž (capital, lowercase ž)
- The twenty-fifth (and last) letter of the Slovene alphabet, called že, and preceded by Z.
Wakhi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒ/
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