ž
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Translingual
Czech
Pronunciation
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Finnish
Letter
ž (lower case, upper case Ž)
Usage notes
- In the Finnish alphabet, ž is a variant of z.
- Often written as zh.
- Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.
Latvian
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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