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Consonantal sound
Voiceless postalveolar affricate
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IPA Number
| 103 134
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Entity
(decimal)
| t͡ʃ
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Unicode
(hex)
| U+0074 U+0361 U+0283
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X-SAMPA
| tS
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t_rS
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The
voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant affricate
or
voiceless domed postalveolar sibilant affricate
is a type of
consonantal
sound used in some
spoken
languages
. The sound is transcribed in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
with ⟨
t??
⟩, ⟨
t??
⟩ ⟨
t?
⟩ (formerly the ligature ⟨
?
⟩), or, in broad transcription, ⟨
c
⟩. The alternative commonly used in American tradition is
⟨?⟩
. It is familiar to English speakers as the "ch" sound in "chip".
Historically, this sound often derives from a former
voiceless velar stop
/k/
(as in
English
church
; also in
Gulf Arabic
,
Slavic languages
,
Indo-Iranian languages
and
Romance languages
), or a
voiceless dental stop
/t/
by way of palatalization, especially next to a
front vowel
(as in English
nature
; also in
Amharic
,
Portuguese
, some accents of
Egyptian
, etc.).
Features
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Features of the voiceless domed postalveolar affricate:
- Its
manner of articulation
is
sibilant
affricate
, which means it is produced by first stopping the air flow entirely, then directing it with the tongue to the sharp edge of the teeth, causing high-frequency
turbulence
.
- Its
place of articulation
is
palato-alveolar
, that is, domed (partially
palatalized
)
postalveolar
, which means it is articulated with the blade of the
tongue
behind the
alveolar ridge
, and the front of the tongue bunched up ("domed") at the
palate
.
- Its
phonation
is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
- It is an
oral consonant
, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a
central consonant
, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The
airstream mechanism
is
pulmonic
, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the
intercostal muscles
and
abdominal muscles
, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
[
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Language
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Word
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IPA
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Meaning
|
Notes
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Adyghe
|
ч
эмы
/?ame/
?
????
|
[t??am?]
ⓘ
|
'cow'
|
Some dialects contrast
labialized
and non-labialized forms.
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Albanian
|
c
elur
|
[t???lu?]
|
'opened'
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Aleut
|
Atkan dialect
|
ch
am?ul
|
[t???m?ul]
|
'to wash'
|
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Amharic
|
???
/anite
|
[ant??i]
|
'you'
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Arabic
[1]
|
Central
Palestinian
|
?????
(Normally unwritten)/ma?tabe
|
[?mat??t?abe]
|
'library'
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Corresponds to
[k]
in
Standard Arabic
and other
varieties
. See
Arabic phonology
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Iraqi
|
????
/?itaab
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[t????t??ːb]
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'book'
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Jordanian
|
????
(Normally unwritten)/?itaab
|
[t????t?aːb]
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Aragonese
|
ch
uego
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[?t??ue?o]
|
'game'
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Armenian
|
Eastern
[2]
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?
??????
/?en?quk
|
[t???nt???uk]
ⓘ
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'sparrow'
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Assyrian
|
?????
?
yama
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[t???j?m?]
|
'to shut'
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Found in native terminology. Widespread usage in all dialect
varieties
. Developed from an original /t?/.
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Asturian
|
Ch
ipre
|
[?t??ip?e]
|
'
Cyprus
'
|
Mostly found in loanwords, if possible, usually replaced by x
[
?
]
.
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Azerbaijani
|
?kin
c
i
/????
?
?
|
[æcint???i]
|
'the ploughman'
|
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Bengali
|
?
???
/?o?ma
|
[t????ma]
|
'spectacles'
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Contrasts with aspirated form. See
Bengali phonology
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Basque
|
tx
alupa
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[t??alupa]
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'boat'
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Bulgarian
|
ч
у
ч
улига
/?u?uliga
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[t???t??u?li??]
|
'lark'
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See
Bulgarian phonology
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Catalan
|
co
tx
e
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[?k?.t???]
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'car'
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See
Catalan phonology
.
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Central Alaskan Yup'ik
|
na
c
aq
|
[?nat??aq]
|
'parka hood'
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Choctaw
|
hak
ch
ioma
|
[hakt??ioma]
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'tobacco'
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Coptic
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Bohairic dialect
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?
??
/?oh
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[t????h]
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'touch'
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Czech
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mor
?
e
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[?mo?rt???]
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'guinea pig'
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See
Czech phonology
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Dhivehi
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??????
/
cakas
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[t??akas]
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'mud'
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Relatively rare, usually occurs in loanwords / onomatoepic words
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Dutch
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Tj
ongejone
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[t???ŋ?j?ŋ?]
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'jeez'
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An exclamation of (mild) annoyance, surprise, wonder or amazement.
[3]
Pronunciation is region dependent.
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English
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bea
ch
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[biːt??]
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'beach'
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Slightly
labialized
[t??]
. See
English phonology
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Esperanto
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?
ar
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[t??ar]
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'because'
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See
Esperanto phonology
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Estonian
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t?
ello
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[?t?el?o]
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'cello'
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Rare, occurs only in loanwords. see
Estonian phonology
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Faroese
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g
era
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[t??eː?a]
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'to do'
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Contrasts with aspirated form. See
Faroese phonology
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Finnish
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T?
ekki
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[?t??e?kːi]
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'
Czechia
'
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Rare, occurs only in loanwords. See
Finnish phonology
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French
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Standard
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caou
tch
ouc
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[kaut??u]
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'rubber'
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Relatively rare; occurs mostly in
loanwords
. See
French phonology
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Acadian
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ti
ens
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[t????]
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'(I/you) keep'
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Allophone of /k/ and /tj/ before a front vowel.
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Galician
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ch
eo
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[?t??eo]
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'full'
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Galician-Portuguese
/t??/
is conserved in Galician and merged with
/
?
/
in most Portuguese dialects. See
Galician phonology
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Georgian
[4]
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?
???
/?ixi
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[t??ixi]
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'impasse'
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German
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Standard
[5]
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Tsch
uss
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[t???s]
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'bye'
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Laminal or apico-laminal and strongly labialized.
[5]
See
Standard German phonology
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Greek
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Cypriot
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τσ?
?ι
/?ai
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[t???ːiː]
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'tea'
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Hausa
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c
iwo
/
??
?????
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[t??iː.woː]
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'disease, pain'
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Hebrew
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??
???
/t?uva
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[t??u?va]
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'answer'
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See
Modern Hebrew phonology
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Hindustani
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Hindi
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??
?
/?ay
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[t???ːj]
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'tea'
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Contrasts with aspirated form. See
Hindustani phonology
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Urdu
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????
/?ay
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Haitian Creole
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ma
tch
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[mat??]
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'sports match'
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Hungarian
|
gyumol
cs
le
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[??ymølt??leː]
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'fruit juice'
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See
Hungarian phonology
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Italian
[6]
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ci
ao
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[?t??aːo]
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'hi'
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See
Italian phonology
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Javanese
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c
edhak
/
??
???
/
??
????
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[t????a?]
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'near'
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K?iche?
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K'i
ch
e'
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[k?i?t??e?]
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'K?iche?
'
'
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Contrasts with
ejective
form
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Kabardian
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ч
энж
/cenj/
?
???
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[t??an?]
ⓘ
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'shallow'
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Kashubian
[7]
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czesto
|
[t???st?]
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'cleanly'
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Kurdish
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hirc
/??
?
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[h??t??]
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'bear'
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Ladino
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kol
ch
a/???
??
?
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[?kolt??a]
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'quilt'
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Macedonian
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ч
ека/?eka
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[t???ka]
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'wait'
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See
Macedonian phonology
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Malay
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Standard
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c
u
c
i
/
?
?
?
?
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[t??ut??i]
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'to wash'
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See
Malay phonology
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Indonesian
|
Palatal
[
c
]
according to some analyses. See
Malay phonology
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Maltese
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bli
?
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[blit??]
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'bleach'
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Manx
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ch
iarn
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[?t??aːrn]
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'lord'
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Marathi
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?
??
/?eha
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[t???haː]
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'tea'
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Contrasts with aspirated form. Allophone of /t? / and /ts/.See
Marathi phonology
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Mongolian
|
Khalkha dialect
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наргиж
/nargi?
??????
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[?nargit??]
|
'laugh'
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Nahuatl
|
?y?t?
ch
tli
|
[aːjoː?toːt??t??i]
|
'armadillo'
|
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Norwegian
|
Some dialects
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kj
økken
|
[t??økːen]
|
'kitchen'
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See
Norwegian phonology
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Nunggubuyu
[8]
|
j
aro
|
[t??a?o]
|
'needle'
|
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Occitan
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ch
uc
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[?t??yk]
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'juice'
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See
Occitan phonology
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Odia
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?
?
/caka
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[t???k?]
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'wheel'
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Contrasts with aspirated form.
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Persian
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?
??
/
ч
?б/?ub
|
[t???uːb]
|
'wood'
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See
Persian phonology
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Polish
|
Gmina Istebna
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ci
emny
|
[?t???mn??]
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'dark'
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/???/
and
/t??/
merge into
[t??]
in these dialects. In standard Polish,
/t??/
is commonly used to transcribe what actually is a laminal
voiceless retroflex affricate
.
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Lubawa dialect
[9]
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Malbork dialect
[9]
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Ostroda dialect
[9]
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Warmia dialect
[9]
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Portuguese
|
Most northern and some central Portuguese dialects
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ch
amar
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[t????ma?]
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'to call'
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Archaic realization of etymological
⟨ch⟩
. Its use is diminishing due to influence of the standard language, being replaced by
[
?
]
.
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Most
Brazilian
dialects
[10]
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presen
t
e
|
[p?e??z??t??i]
|
'present'
|
Allophone of
/
t
/
before
/i,
?/
(including when
[i,
?,
j]
is not actually produced) and other instances of
[i]
(e.g.
epenthesis
), marginal sound otherwise. See
Portuguese phonology
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Most dialects
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tch
au
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[?t??aw]
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'bye'
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In Standard European Portuguese it occurs only in recent loanwords.
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Punjabi
|
???
/
???
/?ol
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[t???ːl]
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'rice'
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Quechua
|
ch
unka
|
[t???ŋka]
|
'ten'
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Romani
|
?
iriklo
|
[t??iri?klo]
|
'bird'
|
Contrasts with aspirated form.
|
Romanian
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c
er
|
[?t??e?r]
|
'sky'
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See
Romanian phonology
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Rotuman
[11]
|
j
oni
|
[?t???ni]
|
'to flee'
|
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Scottish Gaelic
|
slain
t
e
|
[?sl??aːn?t???]
|
'health'
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Southern dialects only; standard pronunciation is [t?]. See
Scottish Gaelic phonology
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Serbo-Croatian
|
Some speakers
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?
okolada
чоколада
|
[t??o?ko?????ːd?a?]
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'chocolate'
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In varieties that do not distinguish
/???/
from
/t??/
.
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Silesian
|
Gmina Istebna
[12]
|
szpa?elsko
|
[t???pa??sk?]
|
'Spanish'
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These dialects merge
/???/
and
/t??/
into
[t??]
.
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Jablunkov
[12]
|
[t???pa??lsk?]
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Slovak
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?islo
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[t??iːslo]
|
'number'
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See
Slovak phonology
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Slovene
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ko
?
a
|
[?koːt??aː]
|
'cottage'
|
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Spanish
[13]
|
ch
ocolate
|
[t??o?ko??lat?e?]
ⓘ
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'chocolate'
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See
Spanish phonology
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Swahili
|
ji
ch
o
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[?it??o]
/???
??
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'eye'
|
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Swedish
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Finland
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tj
ugo
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[t???ː??]
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'twenty'
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See
Swedish phonology
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Some rural Swedish dialects
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k
arlek
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[t??æː?eːk]
|
'love'
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Tagalog
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ts
uper
|
[t????p??]
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'driver'
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See
Tagalog phonology
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Tlingit
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j
inkaat
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[?t??ink?aːt?]
|
'ten'
|
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Turkish
|
c
ok
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[t??ok]
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'very'
|
See
Turkish phonology
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Tyap
|
c
at
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[t??ad]
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'love'
|
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Ubykh
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C?b??ja
/?eb?eya
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[t???b??ja]
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'pepper'
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See
Ubykh phonology
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Ukrainian
|
ч
отири
/?otyry
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[t??o??t?r?]
|
'four'
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See
Ukrainian phonology
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Uzbek
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ch
o?l
/
?
??
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[t???l]
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'desert'
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Yiddish
|
??
??
??
??/
?
a
?
ke
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[t??at??k?]
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'knick-knack'
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See
Yiddish phonology
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Zapotec
|
Tilquiapan
[15]
|
ch
ane
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[t??an?]
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Mandarin Chinese
,
Russian
,
Japanese
,
Korean
,
Mongolian
,
Polish
,
Catalan
, and
Thai
have a
voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate
/t??/
; this is technically postalveolar but it is less precise to use
/t??/
.
Related characters
[
edit
]
There are several
Unicode
characters based on the tesh digraph (?):
Voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant affricate
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edit
]
Voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant affricate
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Features
[
edit
]
- Its
manner of articulation
is
affricate
, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
- Its
place of articulation
is
postalveolar
, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue behind the alveolar ridge.
- Its
phonation
is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
- It is an
oral consonant
, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a
central consonant
, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The
airstream mechanism
is
pulmonic
, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the
intercostal muscles
and
abdominal muscles
, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
[
edit
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Notes
[
edit
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References
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