Z

Z
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Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic and logographic
Language of originLatin language
Phonetic usage
Unicode codepointU+005A, U+007A
Alphabetical position26
History
Development
Time period~700 BC to present
Descendants
Sisters Disputed:
Other
Other letters commonly used withz(x), cz, , dz, sz, dzs, tzsch
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and  , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Z, or z, is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual names in English are zed (/ˈzɛd/), which is most commonly used in international English and zee (/ˈz/), only used in American, sometimes Canadian and Caribbean English and with an occasional archaic variant izzard (/ˈɪzərd/).[1]

  1. ^ "Z", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "zee", op. cit.

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