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Translingual
Letter
ż (upper case Ż)
- (international standards) Transliterates Perso-Arabic letter ض in Indic languages.
Kashubian
Etymology
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and ż for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
ż (lower case, upper case Ż)
- The thirty-third letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż
Lower Sorbian
Letter
ż (upper case Ż)
- (obsolete) A letter formerly used to represent the sound /ʑ/, now replaced by the digraph ź.
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
Maltese
Etymology
The dot indicates the “softer” of two pronunciations, in this case the fricative /z/ instead of the affricates /t͡s/, /d͡z/. Compare ċ and ġ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z/
- IPA(key): /s/ (per final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent)
Letter
ż (upper case Ż)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Maltese alphabet, called że and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z
Polish
Alternative forms
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 ż for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
Letter
ż (upper case Ż, lower case)
- The thirty-second letter of the Polish alphabet, called żet 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
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 ż for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
ż (lower case, upper case Ż)
- The thirty-fourth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, 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