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  2. Ż - Wikipedia

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    Its pronunciation is the same as that of the digraph rz , except that rz (unlike ż ) also undergoes devoicing when preceded by a voiceless obstruent. The difference in spelling comes from their historical pronunciations: ż originates from a palatalized /ɡ/ or /z/ , while rz evolved from a palatalized r .

  3. Dz (digraph) - Wikipedia

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    However, when d and z come from different morphemes, they are treated as separate letters, and must be divided by hyphenation: odzemok = type of folk dance → od-ze-mok; nadzvukový = supersonic → nad-zvu-ko-vý; In both cases od-(from) and nad-(above) are a prefix to the stems zem (earth) and zvuk (sound).

  4. Voiced postalveolar affricate - Wikipedia

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    Used to pronounce the multigraphs dy and diy in native words and j in loanwords outside Spanish. For more information, see Tagalog phonology. Tatar: Mishar Dialect [11] can / җан [d͡ʒɑn] 'soul' In standard Tatar (Kazan dialect), the sound for letter c (җ) is ʑ . Turkish: acı [äˈd͡ʒɯ] 'pain' See Turkish phonology: Turkmen: jar

  5. Ezh - Wikipedia

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    This sound, sometimes transcribed /zh/, occurs in the pronunciation of si in vision / ˈ v ɪ ʒ ən / and precision / p r ɪ ˈ s ɪ ʒ ən /, the s in treasure / ˈ t r ɛ ʒ ər /, and the g in beige / b eɪ ʒ /. Ezh is also used as a letter in some orthographies of Laz and Skolt Sami, both by itself, and with a caron ( Ǯ ǯ ).

  6. Help:IPA/English - Wikipedia

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    The words given as examples for two different symbols may sound the same to you. For example, you may pronounce cot and caught , do and dew , or marry and merry the same. This often happens because of dialect variation (see our articles English phonology and International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects ).

  7. Voiced alveolar fricative - Wikipedia

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    The voiced alveolar fricatives are consonantal sounds. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents these sounds depends on whether a sibilant or non-sibilant fricative is being described. The symbol for the alveolar sibilant is z , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is z.

  8. 20 Longest Words in English and Their Meanings (Plus ... - AOL

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    Pronunciation: anti-dis-es-tab-lish-ment-ar-i-an-is-m Meaning: A political position that originated in 19th-century Britain opposing proposals for the disestablishment of the Church. Letters : 28

  9. Latin phonology and orthography - Wikipedia

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    However, the Vulgar Latin spellings z or zi for earlier di and d before e, and the spellings di and dz for earlier z, suggest the pronunciation /dz/, as for example ziomedis for diomedis, and diaeta for zeta. [34] In ancient times V and I represented the approximant consonants /w/ and /j/, as well as the close vowels /u(ː)/ and /i(ː)/.