DZs

Dzs is a digraph used in languages that employ the Latin script, most notably Hungarian, to denote the voiceless postalveolar affricate [d͡ʒ], the sound of the English "j" in judge. It is written as the sequence d-z-s and is in Hungarian orthography often treated as a single consonant unit within the alphabet.

In Hungarian, dzs corresponds to the sound [d͡ʒ] and appears in both native words and loanwords. Examples include dzsem (jam) and dzsungel (jungle). It sits alongside other consonant digraphs such as cs [t͡s] and dz [d͡z], forming a family used to spell affricates in Hungarian orthography.

Orthographic status and history: The dzs digraph has long been a part of Hungarian spelling conventions, and in many references it is listed as a letter-like unit within the alphabet, alongside other digraphs. It represents a distinct phoneme rather than a simple cluster of letters.

In broader linguistic contexts, the sequence "dzs" may be used in descriptions or transliteration schemes to indicate the same [d͡ʒ] sound, especially when representing languages that use Latin scripts and adopt similar conventions. In English-language phonetic notation, this sound is commonly written as [d͡ʒ] or described as the "dzh" sound.

See also: Hungarian alphabet, digraph.