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Ezh ( ?, ?) is one used by, it and certain African languages.

Linguistics

? is used by to transcribe one voiced post-alveolar fricative consonant (like the "J" of "I", in French). Its equivalent is [ Z ].

It is used as letter by , as such or by one (? and?). It also appears in certain African languages, likeaja or it daghbani, with a capital which resembles one? reversed.

The letter ezh reversed (? and?) was formerly used to represent one fricative sound, but this use is from now on obsolete (one substitutes the graphème to him "? ").

The letter ezh with a hook (?) as for it was used to represent one fricative, but its use is also obsolete (one prefers the graphèmes to him "? "," J? "or"?? "). It is always used to note it twi.

Similar C-Ws communication

C-W communication of the letter? resemble the following letters, with which it should not be confused:

• ? (yogh), antiquated letter of old English ;
• ? (edz), letter used in .

In version 1.0 of, the letter ezh was confused with the letter yogh, which was not introduced before version 3.0.

History

As a phonetic symbol, the letter ezh finds its origin in the alphabet created by in 1847.

Data-processing representations

These various letters have codings following:

• Ezh:
  • Capital? : U+01B7
  • Tiny? : U+0292

• Ezh with hatchek:
  • Capital? : U+01EE
  • Tiny? : U+01EF

• Reversed Ezh:
  • Capital? : U+01B8
  • Tiny? : U+01B9

• Ezh with hook:
  • Tiny? : U+01BA

See too