z

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Phoneme
Type: consonant
IPA (approx.): [ts]

Graphematic representation: Þ (thorn)
Attested in: Words: 0, Morphemes: 0


Commentary

See Þ for details. The equations of þinaχe and þal with Etruscan zinake and zal suggest a dental affricate of some description (for the pronunciation of Etruscan /z/ see Wallace 2008: 31 f.). For the question of whether Zeta was also used to write /z/, see Z.

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