Voiced alveolar fricative

Voiced alveolar sibilant
Voiced alveolar sibilant
z
IPA number	133
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	z
Unicode (hex)	U+007A
X-SAMPA	z
Kirshenbaum	z
Sound
	view; talk; edit;

The voiced alveolar fricative is a type of consonant. The letter for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨z⟩. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is ⟨z⟩.

Features

Its phonation is voiced. It means that the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
We produce it at alveolar. It means that we produce this sound with the tip of the tongue(apical) or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge (laminal).
Its behavior is fricative. It means that we produce this sound by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, to make turbulence.

Examples

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning
Adyghe		зы	[ˈzə] (help·info)	'one'
Albanian		zjarr	[zjar]	'fire'
Arabic	Standard^[1]	زائِر	[ˈzaːʔir]	'visitor'
Assamese		জলকীয়া	[zɔlɔkija]	'chili'
Assyrian		ܙܢ̱ܓܐ zìga	[ziɡa]	'bell'
Bengali		নামাজ	[namaz]	'Salat'
Breton		iliz	[iliz]	'church'
Chechen		зурма / zurma	[zuɾma]	'music'
Dutch^[2]^[3]		zaad	[z̻aːt̻]	'seed'
Emilian and Romagnol		raṡån	[raːz̺ʌŋ]	'reason'
English		zoo	[zuː]	'zoo'
Esperanto		kuzo	[ˈkuzo]	'cousin'
Georgian^[4]		ზარი	[ˈzɑɾi]	'bell'
Greek	Athens dialect^[5]	ζάλη / záli	[ˈz̻ali]	'dizziness'
Hebrew		זאב	[zeˈʔev]	'wolf'
Hindustani	Hindi	ज़मीन	[zəmiːn]	'land'
Hindustani	Urdu	زمین	[zəmiːn]	'land'
Japanese^[6]		全部 / zenbu	[zembɯ]	'everything'
Kabardian		зы	[ˈzə] (help·info)	'one'
Kalaw Lagaw Ya		zilamiz	[zilʌmiz]	'go'
Kashmiri		ज़ानुन / زانُن	[zaːnun]	'to know'
Khmer		បែលហ្ស៊ិក / <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">bêlhsĭk	[ɓaelzɨk]	noun: 'Belgium', 'Belgian(s)' adjective: 'Belgian'
Malay		beza	[bezə]	'difference'
Maltese		żelu	[zelu]	'zeal'
Marathi		जर	[zər]	'if'
Occitan	Limousin	jòune	[ˈzɒwne]	'young'
Persian		گوز	[guz]	'fart'
Portuguese^[7]		casa	[ˈkazɐ]	'house'
Punjabi		ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ	[zɪnˈd̪əgi]	'life'
Spanish	Andalusian	comunismo	[ko̞muˈnizmo̞]	'Communism'
	Latin American
	Filipino
	Mexican	isla	[ˈiz.lä]	'island'
Swahili		lazima	[lɑzimɑ]	'must'
West Frisian^[8]		sizze	[ˈsɪzə]	'to say'
Yi		ꍂ / ssy	[zɹ̩˧]	'generation'
Yiddish		זון / zien	[zin]	'son'
Zapotec	Tilquiapan^[9]	guanaz	[ɡʷanaz]	'went to grab'

References

↑ Thelwall, Robin (1990), "Arabic", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 20 (2): 37–41, doi:10.1017/S0025100300004266, S2CID 243640727
↑ Gussenhoven, Carlos (1999), "Dutch", Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 74–77, ISBN 978-0-521-65236-0
↑ Collins, Beverley; Mees, Inger M. (2003) [First published 1981], The Phonetics of English and Dutch (5th ed.), Leiden: Brill Publishers, ISBN 978-9004103405
↑ Shosted, Ryan K.; Chikovani, Vakhtang (2006), "Standard Georgian" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (2): 255–264, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002659
↑ Adams, Douglas Q. (1975), "The Distribution of Retracted Sibilants in Medieval Europe", Language, 51 (2): 282–292, doi:10.2307/412855, JSTOR 412855
↑ Okada, Hideo (1999), "Japanese", in International Phonetic Association (ed.), Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge University Press, pp. 117–119, ISBN 978-0-52163751-0
↑ Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena (1995), "European Portuguese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 25 (2): 90–94, doi:10.1017/S0025100300005223, S2CID 249414876
↑ Sipma, Pieter (1913), Phonology & grammar of modern West Frisian, London: Oxford University Press
↑ Merrill, Elizabeth (2008), "Tilquiapan Zapotec" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 38 (1): 107–114, doi:10.1017/S0025100308003344

[1] Thelwall, Robin (1990), "Arabic", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 20 (2): 37–41, doi:10.1017/S0025100300004266, S2CID 243640727

[2] Gussenhoven, Carlos (1999), "Dutch", Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 74–77, ISBN 978-0-521-65236-0

[3] Collins, Beverley; Mees, Inger M. (2003) [First published 1981], The Phonetics of English and Dutch (5th ed.), Leiden: Brill Publishers, ISBN 978-9004103405

[4] Shosted, Ryan K.; Chikovani, Vakhtang (2006), "Standard Georgian" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (2): 255–264, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002659

[5] Adams, Douglas Q. (1975), "The Distribution of Retracted Sibilants in Medieval Europe", Language, 51 (2): 282–292, doi:10.2307/412855, JSTOR 412855

[6] Okada, Hideo (1999), "Japanese", in International Phonetic Association (ed.), Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge University Press, pp. 117–119, ISBN 978-0-52163751-0

[7] Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena (1995), "European Portuguese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 25 (2): 90–94, doi:10.1017/S0025100300005223, S2CID 249414876

[8] Sipma, Pieter (1913), Phonology & grammar of modern West Frisian, London: Oxford University Press

[9] Merrill, Elizabeth (2008), "Tilquiapan Zapotec" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 38 (1): 107–114, doi:10.1017/S0025100308003344

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