Voiced alveolar fricative

Voiced alveolar sibilant
Voiced alveolar sibilant
z
IPA number	133
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	z
Unicode (hex)	U+007A
X-SAMPA	z
	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		зыcode: kbd is deprecated	[ˈzə] (help·info)	'one'
Albanian		zjarrcode: sq is deprecated	[zjar]	'fire'
Arabic	Standard^[1]	زائِرcode: ar is deprecated	[ˈzaːʔir]	'visitor'
Assamese		জলকীয়াcode: as is deprecated	[zɔlɔkija]	'chili'
Assyrian		ܙܢ̱ܓܐ zìga	[ziɡa]	'bell'
Bengali		নামাজcode: bn is deprecated	[namaz]	'Salat'
Breton		ilizcode: br is deprecated	[iliz]	'church'
Chechen		зурма / zurmacode: ce is deprecated	[zuɾma]	'music'
Dutch^[2]^[3]		zaadcode: nl is deprecated	[z̻aːt̻]	'seed'
Emilian and Romagnol		raṡåncode: egl is deprecated	[raːz̺ʌŋ]	'reason'
English		zoo	[zuː]	'zoo'
Esperanto		kuzocode: eo is deprecated	[ˈkuzo]	'cousin'
Georgian^[4]		ზარიcode: ka is deprecated	[ˈzɑɾi]	'bell'
Greek	Athens dialect^[5]	ζάληcode: el is deprecated / záli	[ˈz̻ali]	'dizziness'
Hebrew		זאבcode: he is deprecated	[zeˈʔev]	'wolf'
Hindustani	Hindi	ज़मीनcode: hi is deprecated	[zəmiːn]	'land'
Hindustani	Urdu	زمینcode: ur is deprecated	[zəmiːn]	'land'
Japanese^[6]		全部code: ja is deprecated / zenbucode: ja is deprecated	[zembɯ]	'everything'
Kabardian		зыcode: kbd is deprecated	[ˈzə] (help·info)	'one'
Kalaw Lagaw Ya		zilamizcode: mwp is deprecated	[zilʌmiz]	'go'
Kashmiri		ज़ानुनcode: hi is deprecated / زانُنcode: ur is deprecated	[zaːnun]	'to know'
Khmer		បែលហ្ស៊ិកcode: km is deprecated / bêlhsĭk	[ɓaelzɨk]	noun: 'Belgium', 'Belgian(s)' adjective: 'Belgian'
Malay		beza	[bezə]	'difference'
Maltese		żelucode: mt is deprecated	[zelu]	'zeal'
Marathi		जरcode: mr is deprecated	[zər]	'if'
Occitan	Limousin	jòune	[ˈzɒwne]	'young'
Polish		Ꜯbak	[zbæ:k]	'ångstrom'
Persian		گوزcode: fa is deprecated	[guz]	'fart'
Portuguese^[7]		casacode: pt is deprecated	[ˈkazɐ]	'house'
Punjabi		ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ	[zɪnˈd̪əgi]	'life'
Spanish	Andalusian	comunismocode: es is deprecated	[ko̞muˈnizmo̞]	'Communism'
	Latin American
	Filipino
	Mexican	islacode: es is deprecated	[ˈiz.lä]	'island'
Swahili		lazimacode: sw is deprecated	[lɑzimɑ]	'must'
West Frisian^[8]		sizzecode: fy is deprecated	[ˈsɪzə]	'to say'
Yi		ꍂcode: ii is deprecated / ssycode: ii is deprecated	[zɹ̩˧]	'generation'
Yiddish		זוןcode: yi is deprecated / ziencode: yi is deprecated	[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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