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[[English]], like many language, has many loanwords from French which have the /ʒ/ sound. In many cases the sound is transformed into /ʤ/ in English, due to English tendency towards that sound. However, there are a few words which do have /ʒ/ outside of French loanwords. Examples include ''plea'''s'''ure'' /plɛʒɘɹ/, ''lei'''s'''ure'' /liʒəɹ/ or /lɛʒəɹ/, ''A'''s'''ia'' /eʒə/, ''vi'''s'''ion'' /vɪʒən/. | [[English]], like many language, has many loanwords from French which have the /ʒ/ sound. In many cases the sound is transformed into /ʤ/ in English, due to English tendency towards that sound. However, there are a few words which do have /ʒ/ outside of French loanwords. Examples include ''plea'''s'''ure'' /plɛʒɘɹ/, ''lei'''s'''ure'' /liʒəɹ/ or /lɛʒəɹ/, ''A'''s'''ia'' /eʒə/, ''vi'''s'''ion'' /vɪʒən/. | ||
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Revision as of 07:13, 27 September 2008
The Voiced Postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ is also known as a palatal, because of some of the influence of the palate in direction of the tongue, but it's not a true palatal sound.
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English
English, like many language, has many loanwords from French which have the /ʒ/ sound. In many cases the sound is transformed into /ʤ/ in English, due to English tendency towards that sound. However, there are a few words which do have /ʒ/ outside of French loanwords. Examples include pleasure /plɛʒɘɹ/, leisure /liʒəɹ/ or /lɛʒəɹ/, Asia /eʒə/, vision /vɪʒən/.
