Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | жакӀэ | 'beard' | |||
| Albanian | zhurmë | 'noise' | |||
| Angas | zhaam | 'chin' | |||
| Arabic | Maghrebi | زوج | 'two' | See Arabic phonology | |
| Armenian | Eastern | ժամ | 'hour' | ||
| Avar | жакъа | 'today' | |||
| Azerbaijani | pəjmürdə | 'sad' | |||
| Berber | Kabyle | jeddi | 'my grandfather' | ||
| Berta | 'honey' | ||||
| Bulgarian | мъжът | 'the man' | |||
| Chechen | ? / ƶiy | 'sheep' | |||
| Corsican | ghjesgia | 'church' | Also in Gallurese | ||
| Czech | muži | 'men' | See Czech phonology | ||
| Dutch | garage | 'garage' | See Dutch phonology | ||
| English | vision | 'vision' | See English phonology | ||
| Esperanto | manĝaĵo | 'food' | See Esperanto phonology | ||
| French | jour | 'day' | See French phonology | ||
| German | Garage | 'garage' | See German phonology | ||
| Georgian | ჟურნალი | 'magazine' | |||
| Goemai | zhiem | 'sickle' | |||
| Gwich’in | zhòh | 'wolf' | |||
| Hän | zhùr | 'wolf' | |||
| Hebrew | ז'אנר | 'genre' | See Modern Hebrew phonology | ||
| Hindi | अझ़दहा | 'dragon' | See Hindi–Urdu phonology | ||
| Hungarian | rózsa | 'rose' | See Hungarian phonology | ||
| Ingush | жий žii | 'sheep' | |||
| Italian | Tuscan dialect | pigiare | 'press' | See Italian phonology | |
| Judaeo-Spanish | mujer | 'woman' | |||
| Juǀʼhoan | 'person' | ||||
| Kabardian | жыг | 'tree' | |||
| Kazakh | жеті | 'seven' | |||
| Latvian | žāvēt | 'smoke' | See Latvian phonology | ||
| Lithuanian | žmona | 'wife' | |||
| Livonian | kūž | 'six' | |||
| Macedonian | жaбa | 'toad' | See Macedonian phonology | ||
| Megrelian | ჟირი | 'two' | |||
| Navajo | łizh | 'urine' | |||
| Ngwe | Mmockngie dialect | 'to split' | |||
| Occitan | Auvergnat | argent | 'money' | Southern dialects | |
| Gascon | |||||
| Pashto | ژوول | 'chew' | |||
| Persian | مژه | 'eyelash' | See Persian phonology | ||
| Portuguese | European | beringela | 'eggplant' | National spellings diverge in its representation with ⟨j⟩ or ⟨g⟩ in many words. May have simultaneous palatalization, specially in Brazil. See Portuguese phonology | |
| Brazilian | jenipapo | 'genipap' | |||
| Romanian | jar | 'embers' | See Romanian phonology | ||
| Serbo-Croatian | жут / žut | 'yellow' | See Serbo-Croatian phonology | ||
| Sioux | Lakota | waŋži | 'one' | ||
| Slovenian | žito | 'cereal' | |||
| Spanish | South American | yo | 'I' | Some dialects. See Spanish phonology and yeísmo | |
| Dawsahak | 'to answer' | ||||
| Tagish | 'what' | ||||
| Turkish | jale | 'dew' | See Turkish phonology | ||
| Turkmen | žiraf | 'giraffe' | |||
| Tutchone | Northern | zhi | 'what' | ||
| Southern | zhǜr | 'berry' | |||
| Ukrainian | жaбa | 'frog' | See Ukrainian phonology | ||
| Urdu | اژدہا | 'dragon' | See Hindi–Urdu phonology | ||
| Veps | vīž | 'five' | |||
| Welayta | 'bush' | ||||
| West Frisian | bagaazje | 'luggage' | |||
| Yiddish | אָראַנזש | 'orange' | See Yiddish phonology | ||
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan | llan | 'anger' | ||
The sound in Russian denoted by <ж> is commonly transcribed as a palato-alveolar fricative but is actually a laminal retroflex fricative.
Read more about this topic: Voiced Palato-alveolar Sibilant
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