Borrowing the word to English, it appears that we brought this use wholesale from Spanish. In the Andes this very native sound has found it's way into spoken Spanish by Quichua speakers in words that they learned from the invaders such as "rio", which became "zhrio". The capital city of Chimborazo Province is Riobamba, which is most often called Zriobamba by the indigenous peoples. Curiously, the word Riobamba is a mixture of Spanish and Quichua, meaning shallow river.
Another native use of the zh sound is demonstrated by the word "Ollantaytambo", pronounced "ozhantaitambo", a very historic town in the high Andes near Machu Picchu. Jump to. This is the hardest sound for children to learn and has the latest range of development.
Catching small problems early is a key component of success for speech therapy. When practicing a single sound with your child, it is important to repeat the sound clearly and slowly by itself, so your child understands what you are focusing on.
The "a" vowel 3. The "e" vowel 4. The "i" vowel 5. The "o" and "u" vowels 6. The "c" and "z" sounds 7. The "ch" "sh" and "zh" sounds 8. The link is a pdf and contains the line zh as in pleasure, vision, beige. Click to expand English - South-East England. In English we use S and SH as in sock and shock or many other pairs. We also use the symbol Z as the voiced version of S, though with less regularity: sip and zip for example.
Someone who knows English spelling will understand that the sound in vision or pleasure is 'like SH', but also similar to Z, so the letters ZH are a good and obvious way of writing that sound. Of course it's completely different from the pinyin use of ZH in representing Chinese, but not many English-speakers know details of pinyin, so it doesn't interfere.
The sound in vision is a more 'natural' way of pronouncing ZH. Darlingpurslane Senior Member Chicago.
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