The voiced dental non-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 .
The sound is a frequent allophone of .
Features
Features of the voiced dental non-sibilant affricate:
Occurrence
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Dental consonants
Affricates
Pulmonic consonants
Voiced oral consonants
Central consonants