Z

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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and logographic
Language of origin	Latin language
Sound values	[z]; [d͡ʒ]; [t͡s]; [d͡z]; [ð]; [θ]; [s]; [ʃ]; [j]; /zɛd/; /ziː/;
In Unicode	U+005A, U+007A
Alphabetical position	26
History
Development	Ζ ζ 𐌆 Z z; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	~700 BC to present
Descendants	Ʒ; Ç; Ƶ; Ž; Ż; 𐌶; ℤ; Ꮓ;
Sisters	З; Ѕ; Ԑ; Ԇ; Ҙ; ꙅ; Ӡ; ז ز ܙ; ژ; ࠆ; ዘ; 𐎇; Զ զ; Ꮓ; Ꮛ; Ꮸ; ડ; ઢ; ज़; Disputed: ㄷ
Other
Associated graphs	z(x), cz, dž, dz, sz, dzs, tzsch
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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Z, or z, is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet. It is used in the modern English alphabet, in the alphabets of other Western European languages, and in others worldwide. Its usual names in English are zed (/ˈzɛd/), which is most commonly used in British English and zee (/ˈziː/), most commonly used in North American English^{^[1]}, with an occasional archaic variant izzard (/ˈɪzərd/).^[2]

^ Canada and some Caribbean countries use zee along with zed, with the latter being preferred in written English.
^ "Z", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "zee", op. cit.

[1] Canada and some Caribbean countries use zee along with zed, with the latter being preferred in written English.

[Oxford_English_Dictionary_1989-2] "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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