ź

See also: Appendix:Variations of "z"

ź U+017A, ź LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE Composition: z [U+007A] + ◌́ [U+0301] ← Ź [U+0179] Latin Extended-A Ż → [U+017B]

Translingual

Symbol

ź

1. (NAPA) a voiced alveopalatal fricative (IPA [ʑ]).
2. (UPA) a palatalized z sound (IPA [zʲ]).

Brahui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ź (uppercase Ź)

1. A letter of the Brahui Latin alphabet. Its analog in Arabic script is ژ.

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• ż (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʑ/

Letter

ź (upper case Ź)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called źej and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

Polish

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and ź for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʑi/

Letter

ź (upper case Ź, lower case)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Polish alphabet, called zi and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (International Standard) /ʒ/, (Pan-Vlax) /ʑ/

Letter

ź (lower case, upper case Ź)

1. (International Standard) The thirty-first letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: (Pan-Vlax) ž

2. (Pan-Vlax) Used to respresent a dialectal pronunciation of dž.

   Synonym: (International Standard) ʒ

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).

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “Ź, ź”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʑ/

Letter

ź (upper case Ź)

1. (Montenegro) A letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ź for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ź (lower case, upper case Ż)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż