NOTE: The sound of the letter Z is present in spoken Vènet throughout the territory, mostly because of italanized words. However, in the urban dialect of Vittorio Vèneto and in some other dialects this sound appears to be native, and to date prior to the annexation to Italy. To preserve the cultural peculiarities of each Vènet dialect, this letter is included in the standard alphabet of the Vènet language. Z usually substitutes the letter X (or the diagraph DH) as in zenòco = xenòco = dhenòco (knee), but it needs to be distinguished, because in some dialects both sounds are pronounced.