curprev10:4910:49, 28 May 2022 146.241.80.110talk 31,475 bytes−1 Word-initial voiced alveolar sibilant affricate /dz/ is not generally geminated in Stardard Italian, despite being geminated if preceded by some (usually) monosyllabic vowel-ending words due to syntactic gemination. Alternatively, it can be geminated only if preceded by a vowel in fast, arguably casual, speech.undo