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'''(c)''' Explain the meaning of the word '''ži'''.
 
⚠ The letter '''x''' is pronounced similarly to English ''h'' as in ''hard''; the letter '''γ''' is the devoiced correlate of '''x'''; '''š''' and '''ž''' are pronounced similarly to ''sh'' as in ''shoe'' and ''s'' as in ''pleasure'', respectively. The letters '''k<nowiki>'</nowiki>''' and '''p<sup>h</sup>''' signify specific Lakhota consonants, and '''ĩ''', ''<sup>'''i'''</sup>'', ''<sup>'''e'''</sup>'' signify specific Lakhota vowels. Lakhóta is an Indian language (Siou family). It is spoken by 6000 people in the USA and Canada.
 
—Ivan A. Derzhanski