Editing Z (section)

===Other languages===
{{angbr|z}} stands for a [[voiced alveolar sibilant|voiced alveolar]] or [[voiced dental sibilant]] {{IPAslink|z}}, in [[Albanian language|Albanian]], [[Breton language|Breton]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[French language|French]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Latvian language|Latvian]], [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], [[Serbo-Croatian Language|Serbo-Croatian]], and [[Slovak language|Slovak]]. It stands for {{IPAslink|t͡s}} in [[Standard Mandarin|Chinese]] [[pinyin]] and [[Jyutping]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]] (occurs in loanwords only), and [[German language|German]], and is likewise expressed {{IPA|/ts/}} in [[Old Norse]]. In [[Italian language|Italian]], it represents two phonemes, {{IPAslink|t͡s}} and {{IPAslink|d͡z}}. In [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], it stands for {{IPAslink|z}} in most cases, but also for {{IPAslink|s}} or {{IPAslink|ʃ}} (depending on the regional variant) at the end of syllables. In Basque, it represents the sound {{IPAslink|s}}.

Castilian [[Spanish language|Spanish]] uses the letter to represent {{IPAslink|θ}} (as English {{angbr|th}} in ''thing''), though in other dialects ([[Latin America]]n, [[Andalusia]]n) this sound has merged with {{IPAslink|s}}. Before voiced consonants, the sound is voiced to {{IPAblink|ð}} or {{IPAblink|z}}, sometimes debbucalized to {{IPAblink|ɦ}} (as in the surname ''Guzmán'' {{IPA|[ɡuðˈman]}}, {{IPA|[ɡuzˈman]}} or {{IPA|[ɡuɦˈman]}}). This is the only context in which {{angbr|z}} can represent a voiced sibilant {{IPAblink|z}} in Spanish, though {{angbr|s}} also represents {{IPAblink|z}} (or {{IPAblink|ɦ}}, depending on the dialect) in this environment.

In Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, {{angbr|z}} usually stands for the sound /s/ and thus shares the value of {{angbr|s}}; it normally occurs only in [[loanword]]s that are spelt with {{angbr|z}} in the source languages.

The letter {{angbr|z}} on its own represents {{IPAslink|z}} in [[Polish language|Polish]]. It is also used in four of the seven officially recognized digraphs: {{angbr|cz}} ({{IPAslink|t͡ʂ}}), {{angbr|dz}} ({{IPAslink|d͡z}} or {{IPAslink|t͡s}}), {{angbr|rz}} ({{IPAslink|ʐ}} or {{IPAslink|ʂ}}, sometimes it represents a sequence {{IPA|/rz/}}) and {{angbr|sz}} ({{IPAslink|ʂ}}), and is the most frequently used of the consonants in that language. (Other Slavic languages avoid digraphs and mark the corresponding phonemes with the {{lang|cs|[[caron|háček]]}} (caron) diacritic: {{angbr|č}}, {{angbr|ď}}, {{angbr|ř}}, {{angbr|š}}; this system has its origin in [[Czech orthography]] of the [[Hussite]] period.) {{angbr|z}} can also appear with diacritical marks, namely {{angbr|ź}} and {{angbr|ż}}, which are used to represent the sounds {{IPAslink|ʑ}} and {{IPAslink|ʐ}}. They also appear in the digraphs {{angbr|dź}} ({{IPAslink|d͡ʑ}} or {{IPAslink|t͡ɕ}}) and {{angbr|dż}} ({{IPAslink|d͡ʐ}} or {{IPAslink|t͡ʂ}}).

Hungarian uses {{angbr|z}} in the digraphs {{angbr|sz}} (expressing {{IPAslink|s}}, as opposed to the value of {{angbr|s}}, which is {{IPA|ʃ}}), and {{angbr|zs}} (expressing {{IPA|ʒ}}). The letter {{angbr|z}} on its own represents {{IPAslink|z}}.

In [[Modern Scots#Consonants|Modern Scots]], {{angbr|z}} usually represents {{IPAslink|z}}, but is also used in place of the obsolete letter {{angbr|ȝ}} ([[yogh]]), which represents {{IPAslink|g}} and {{IPAslink|j}}. Whilst there are a few common nouns which use {{angbr|z}} in this manner, such as {{lang|sco|brulzie}} (pronounced 'brulgey' meaning broil), {{angbr|z}} as a yogh substitute is more common in people's names and placenames. Often the names are pronounced to follow the apparent English spelling, so Mackenzie is commonly pronounced with {{IPAslink|z}}. Menzies, however, retains the pronunciation of 'Mingus'.

Among non-European languages that have adopted the Latin alphabet, {{angbr|z}} usually stands for {{IPA|[z]}}, such as in [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]], [[Igbo language|Igbo]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Shona language|Shona]], [[Swahili language|Swahili]], [[Tatar language|Tatar]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], and [[Zulu language|Zulu]]. {{angbr|z}} represents {{IPAblink|d͡z}} in [[Northern Sami]] and [[Inari Sámi language|Inari Sami]]. In [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]], {{angbr|z}} represents {{IPAblink|ð}}.

In the [[Nihon-shiki romanization|Nihon-shiki]], [[Kunrei-shiki romanization|Kunrei-shiki]], and [[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]] romanisations of [[Japanese language|Japanese]], {{angbr|z}} stands for a phoneme whose [[allophone]]s include {{IPAblink|z}} and {{IPAblink|dz}} (see [[Yotsugana]]). Additionally, in the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki systems, {{angbr|z}} is used to represent that same phoneme before {{IPAslink|i}}, where it's pronounced {{IPA|[{{IPAlink|d͡ʑ}} ~ {{IPAlink|ʑ}}]}}.

In the [[Jyutping]] romanization of [[Cantonese]], {{angbr|z}} represents {{IPAslink|ts}}. Other romanizations use either {{angbr|j}}, {{angbr|ch}}, or {{angbr|ts}}.