The voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant affricate is a type of
consonant
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al sound, used in some
spoken language
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s. The symbols in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represent this sound are , , and , and the equivalent
X-SAMPA
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symbols are
d_z\ and
J\_z\, though transcribing the stop component with (
J\ in X-SAMPA) is rare. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding or in the IPA and
dz\ or
J\z\ in X-SAMPA.
Neither nor are a completely narrow transcription of the stop component, which can be narrowly transcribed as (
retracted and
palatalized ), or (both symbols denote an
advanced ). The equivalent X-SAMPA symbols are
d_-' or
d_-_j and
J\_+, respectively. There is also a dedicated symbol , which is not a part of the IPA. Therefore, narrow transcriptions of the voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant affricate include , , and .
This affricate used to have a dedicated symbol , which was one of the six dedicated symbols for affricates in the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is the
sibilant equivalent of
voiced palatal affricate
The voiced palatal affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are and , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is J\_j\. The tie bar may be om ...
.
Features
Features of the voiced alveolo-palatal affricate:
Occurrence
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Affricates
Alveolo-palatal consonants
Sibilant consonants
Pulmonic consonants
Voiced oral consonants
Central consonants