Ž

Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.^[1]

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (lower case ž)

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

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒ]

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Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called zē and written in the Latin script.

Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. 32nd letter of the Lithuanian alphabet

See also

• Appendix:Alphabets

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (lower case ž)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called žet 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. (Pan-Vlax) The thirty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: (International Standard) Ź

Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž, Cyrillic spelling Ж)

1. 30th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet

See also

• Appendix:Alphabets

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (lower case ž)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (lower case ž)

1. The forty-sixth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Further reading

• “Ž”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (capital, lowercase ž)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The thirty-fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The twenty-sixth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (lower case ž)

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