| Main sound category: | Fricatives |
| Sound category: | voiced alveolar fricative |
| IPA symbol: | *z |
| IPA description: | voiced dental/alveolar sibilant fricative |
| UPSID symbol: | "z |
| UPSID description: | voiced dental/alveolar sibilant fricative |
| Occurs in | 43 languages |
| That is in | 8.74% of all languages |
| Occurs in: | Akawaio Amharic Archi Avar Awiya Bakairi Bribri Burmese Burushaski Changzhou Chipewyan Chuvash Dagbani Dakota Dizi Doayo Ewe Fe?fe? Gelao Hindi-urdu Igbo Itelmen Karen Kawaiisu Komi Kullo Kunimaipa Lak Malagasy Mari Mazahua Moghol Monguor Navajo Ogbia Ormuri Rutul Senadi Shilha Socotri Sui Tarok Yupik |