Voiced alveolar fricative

IPA mark	z
IPA number	133
IPA character description	Latin minuscule e.g.
Unicode	U + 007A (z)
HTML (dec.)	& # 122;
X-SAMPA	z
Kirshenbaum	z
Audio sample ? / i [ za ʔaza ]

The voiced alveolar fricative (a voiced on the alveoli educated fricative ) has the following in different languages phonetic and orthographic realizations:

• German [⁠ z ⁠] : regional s in initial position in front of vowel between two vowels, between [⁠ l ⁠] , [⁠ m ⁠] , [⁠ n ⁠] , [⁠ ŋ ⁠ ] , [⁠ r ⁠] and vowel and before [⁠ l ⁠] , [⁠ m ⁠] , [⁠ n ⁠] , [⁠ r ⁠] , if there is a related There is a word form in which a Schwa is spoken before these consonants .
  • Examples: S age [ zaːgə ] or [ z̥aːg̥ə ] Ha s e [ haːzə ] or [ haːz̥ə ], un s he [ ʊnzɐ ] Mitbring s el [ mɪtbʁɪŋzl ̩ ] Pil s ner [ pʰɪlznɐ ], un s re [ ʊnzʁə ]

(does not occur in the southern varieties , there voiceless )

• English [⁠ for ⁠] : z , x in the initial sound, sometimes s after vowels.
  • Examples: la z y [ ˈleɪzi ], z oom [ zuːm ], x ylophone [ ˈzaɪləfoʊn ], ea s e [ iːz ]
• French [⁠ for ⁠] : z and s between two vowels.
  • Examples: z éro [ zeˈʀo ], ro s e [ ˈʀoz ]
• Russian [⁠ z ⁠] : З, з and C, c for assimilation into voiced consonants.
• Vietnamese [⁠ for ⁠] D, d and gi, gi
  • Examples: d a [ za: ˧ ], 'leather, skin'; gi ang [ zaŋ˧ ], 'river'

See also

• consonant

Pulmonary consonants according to IPA (2005)	bilabial		labio- dental		dental		alveolar		post- alveolar		retroflex		palatal		velar		uvular		phase- ryngal		glottal
	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.
Plosives	​p​	​b​					​t​	​d​			​ʈ​	​ɖ​	​c​	​ɟ​	​k​	​ɡ​	​q​	​ɢ​			​ʔ​
Nasals		​m​		​ɱ​				​n​				​ɳ​		​ɲ​		​ŋ​		​ɴ​
Vibrants		​ʙ​						​r​										​ʀ​
Taps / flaps				​ⱱ​				​ɾ​				​ɽ​
Fricatives	​ɸ​	​β​	​f​	​v​	​θ​	​ð​	​s​	​z​	​ʃ​	​ʒ​	​ʂ​	​ʐ​	​ç​	​ʝ​	​x​	​ɣ​	​χ​	​ʁ​	​H​	​ʕ​	​H​	​ɦ​
lateral fricatives							​ɬ​	​ɮ​
Approximants				​ʋ​				​ɹ​				​ɻ​		​j​		​w​ ¹
lateral approximants								​l​				​ɭ​		​ʎ​		​ʟ​
¹ The labialised variant [ w ] was inserted here as a voiced velar approximant ( half vowel ) instead of the non-labialised variant [ ɰ ].