Editing Voiced alveolar fricative (section)

====Retracted alveolar====
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!colspan=2| Language !! Word !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]!! Meaning !! Notes
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|colspan=2| [[Catalan language|Catalan]]{{sfnp|Carbonell|Llisterri|1992|p=54}}{{sfnp|Torreblanca|1988|p=347}} || {{lang|ca|[[Catalan orthography|'''z'''el]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈz̺ɛɫ]}} || 'zeal' || Apical. See [[Catalan phonology]]
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| colspan="2" |[[Dutch language|Dutch]]{{sfnp|Gussenhoven|1999|p=75}}
|'''''z'''at''
|{{Audio-IPA|Nl-zat.ogg|[ˈz̺ɑtʰ]|help=no}}
|'full', 'fed (up)'
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|colspan=2| [[Galician language|Galician]] || ''me'''s'''mo'' || {{IPA|[ˈme̞z̺mo̞]}} || 'same' || Apical. Allophone of {{IPA|/s/}} before voiced consonants. Before {{IPA|/d/}} it is pronounced dentally {{IPA|[z̪]}}.
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|colspan=2| [[Greek language|Greek]]{{sfnp|Arvaniti|2007|p=12}} || {{lang|el|[[Greek alphabet|μά'''ζ'''α]]}} / {{Transliteration|el|ISO|[[Romanization of Greek|''má'''z'''a'']]}} || {{IPA|[ˈmɐz̠ɐ]}} || 'mass' || See [[Modern Greek phonology]]
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|rowspan=3| [[Italian language|Italian]] || Central Italy{{sfnp|Adams|1975|p=286}} ||rowspan=3| {{lang|it|[[Italian alphabet|ca'''s'''o]]}} ||rowspan=3| {{IPA|[ˈkäːz̠o]}} ||rowspan=3| 'case' || Present in [[Lazio]] north of Cape Linaro,{{sfnp|Adams|1975|p=286}} most of [[Umbria]]{{sfnp|Adams|1975|p=286}} (save [[Perugia]] and the extreme south){{sfnp|Adams|1975|p=286}} and [[Le Marche]] south of the [[Potenza]].{{sfnp|Adams|1975|p=286}}
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| Northern Italy{{sfnp|Adams|1975|pp=285–286}}{{sfnp|Canepari|1992|p=71-72}} || Apical.{{sfnp|Canepari|1992|p=72}} Present in many areas north of the [[La Spezia–Rimini Line]].{{sfnp|Canepari|1992|p=71}}{{sfnp|Adams|1975|p=285}} See [[Italian phonology]]
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| [[Sicily]]{{sfnp|Adams|1975|p=286}} || Present south and west of a line drawn from [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] to [[Cefalù]].{{sfnp|Adams|1975|p=286}}
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|colspan=2| [[Low German]]{{sfnp|Adams|1975|p=289}} || {{example needed|date=June 2014}} || || || 
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|colspan=2| [[Maldivian language|Maldivian]] || '''''z'''araafaa'' || {{IPA|[z̺aˈraːfaː]}} || 'giraffe' ||
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|colspan=2| [[Mirandese language|Mirandese]] || {{lang|mwl|[[Portuguese orthography|ei'''s'''istir]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[e̞jz̺is̺ˈtiɾ]}}|| 'to exist' || Apical. Mirandese and neighboring Portuguese dialects were the only surviving oral tradition to preserve all seven mediaeval [[Ibero-Romance]] sibilants: {{angbr|ch}} {{IPAslink|tʃ}}, {{angbr|x}} {{IPAslink|ʃ}}, {{angbr|g}}/{{angbr|j}} {{IPAslink|ʒ}}, {{angbr|c}}/{{angbr|ç}} {{IPAslink|s̪}}, {{angbr|z}} {{IPA|/z̪/}}, {{angbr|s}}/-{{angbr|ss}}- {{IPAslink|s̺}}, -{{angbr|s}}- {{IPA|/z̺/}}
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|rowspan=2| [[Occitan language|Occitan]] || [[Gascon language|Gascon]] || ''ca'''s'''èrna'' || {{IPA|[kaz̺ɛrno]}} || 'barracks' || rowspan="2" | See [[Occitan phonology]]
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| [[Languedocien language|Languedocien]] || ''vé'''s'''er'' || {{IPA|[bez̺e]}} || 'to see'
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|colspan=2| [[Piedmontese language|Piedmontese]]|| ''ami'''s'''''|| {{IPA|[aˈmiz̠]}} || 'friend' || Apical. See [[Piedmontese phonology|Piemontese phonology]]
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|rowspan=2| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || Coastal Northern [[European Portuguese|European]] || {{example needed|date=November 2012}} || || || Merges with non-retracted {{IPA|/z/}}. See [[Portuguese phonology]]
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| Inland Northern [[European Portuguese|European]] || {{example needed|date=November 2012}}|| || || Apical. Contrasts with non-retracted {{IPA|/z/}}. See [[Portuguese phonology]]
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|rowspan=3| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || [[Andean Spanish|Andean]] ||rowspan=3| ''mi'''s'''mo'' ||rowspan=3| {{IPA|[ˈmiz̺mo̞]}} ||rowspan=3| 'same' ||rowspan=3| Apical. Allophone of {{IPA|/s/}} before voiced consonants. Before {{IPA|/d/}} it is pronounced dentally {{IPA|[z̪]}}. See [[Spanish phonology]]
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| [[Castilian Spanish|Castilian]] 
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| [[Paisa Region]]
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