What does long z mean?

long z

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

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Synonym of ezh, the letter Ʒ, ʒ.

"The rarest consonant sound in English is the one that linguists represent as /ʒ/, called ‘long z’ or simply ‘ezh’."
"They consist of the arrow-shaped mark applied above the ‘number’, one guillemet-shaped sign each to its left and right, and a zig-zag-shaped sign (resembling a ‘long z’, ʒ) below it."

ezh

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