Phoneme: z

IPA: [z]

z [z]: voiced alveolar fricative


Word: bizid [pɪzɪt] “its liver"

Description: The voiced alveolar fricative z [z] is in stem initial position preceded by the 3rd person singular ‘indirect’ prefix bi [pɪ]. This example demonstrates the voiced version of the s [s] sound in intervocalic position.