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 (lower case, upper case Ź, Arabic equivalent ژ)

1. A letter of the Brahui alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• ż (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʑ/

Letter

ź (lower case, 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, Ṕ ṕ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ

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/

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Letter

ź (lower case, upper case Ź)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Polish alphabet, called ziet 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 represent 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 (lower case, upper case Ź)

1. (Montenegro) A letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Latin script, used only by some Montenegrin writers.

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. 3 main scripts exist, the Steuer Alphabet made in 1934, the Silesian Phonetic Alphabet in 2006, and the Elementary alphabet made in the late 2000s. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ź for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ź (lower case, upper case Ź)

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