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z is missing from the consonants respellings table

The line for the z consonant sound is missing from the Pronunciation respelling for English#Traditional respelling systems table, there is zh and s but i cannot find z. Plm203 (talk) 16:42, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Plm203: "The following letters have the same values in all systems listed: b, d, f, l, m, n, p, r, t, v, w, z." — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 01:16, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much -i had missed that. But now i am unsure i understand this statement:

1 What is a "value" ? A respelling ?

2 If so this statement tells us that each letter has the same respelling in all systems, but it does not tell us which one. I have figured that z is respelled z, but it could have been something else. I imagine that all the respellings for the letters in this list are the same letter, respectively. We could edit the page to write instead « The following letters are respelled by the same symbol, respectively, in all systems listed: b, d, f, l, m, n, p, r, t, v, w, z. For instance z is respelled z. » Plm203 (talk) 00:29, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

syllabification?

Can someone point me to the source outlining the principles for syllabification in respelling of English? I've searched, but apparently not exhaustively. The question arises because an item used to illustrate respell such as /dɪsəˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəriənɪzəm/ dis-ə-STAB-lish-mən-TAIR-ee-ə-niz-əm {{respell|dis|ə|STAB|lish|mən|TAIR|ee|ə|niz|əm}} appears to contain multiple deviations from phonological syllabification. I assume it's recommended to stick to the familiar even if it misreports actual syllabification, such as the vowels of familiar dis- and STAB being easily interpreted [ɪ]/ɪ/ and [æ]/æ/, whereas di and STA in conventional orthography would be far less clear, but that's no more than a guess. Barefoot through the chollas (talk) 17:47, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are you asking about respelling for English in general, or just Wikipedia's? If latter it's off-topic here. Nardog (talk) 06:21, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Either, though the question posted here refers in the first instance to this article. Syllabification is given very little attention, leaving the principles unexplained (thus also any resultant contrast between respelling syllabification and actual phonological syllabification). (talk) 19:28, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]