A voiceless alveolar affricate is a type of affricate consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line) just behind the teeth. This refers to a class of sounds, not a single sound. There are several types with significant perceptual differences:
This article discusses the first two.
Voiceless alveolar sibilant affricate | |||
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ts | |||
ʦ | |||
IPA Number | 103 132 | ||
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Encoding | |||
Entity (decimal) | ʦ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+02A6 | ||
X-SAMPA | ts | ||
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The voiceless alveolar sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The sound is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet with ⟨t͡s⟩ or ⟨t͜s⟩ (formerly with ⟨ʦ⟩ or ⟨ƾ⟩). The voiceless alveolar affricate occurs in many Indo-European languages, such as German (which was also part of the High German consonant shift), Kashmiri, Marathi, Pashto, Russian and most other Slavic languages such as Polish and Serbo-Croatian; also, among many others, in Georgian, in Mongolia, and Tibetan Sanskrit, in Japanese, in Mandarin Chinese, and in Cantonese. Some international auxiliary languages, such as Esperanto, Ido and Interlingua also include this sound.
Features of the voiceless alveolar sibilant affricate:
The following sections are named after the fricative component.
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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German | Standard [2] | Zeit | [t͡sʰäɪ̯t] | 'time' | The fricative component varies between dentalized laminal, non-retracted laminal and non-retracted apical. [2] See Standard German phonology |
Italian | Standard [3] | grazia | [ˈɡrät̚t͡sjä] | 'grace' | The fricative component varies between dentalized laminal and non-retracted apical. In the latter case, the stop component is laminal denti-alveolar. [3] See Italian phonology |
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Armenian | Eastern [4] | ցանց /canc | 'net' | Contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms | |
Basque [5] | hotz | [o̞t̻͡s̪] | 'cold' | Contrasts with a sibilant affricate with an apical fricative component. [5] | |
Belarusian [6] | цётка /cötka | [ˈt̻͡s̪ʲɵtka] | 'aunt' | Contrasting palatalization. See Belarusian phonology | |
Bulgarian [7] | цар /car | [t̻͡s̪är] | 'Tsar' | See Bulgarian phonology | |
Chinese | Mandarin [8] [9] | 早餐 /zǎo cān | [t̻͡s̪ɑʊ˨˩t̻͡s̪ʰan˥] | 'breakfast' | Contrasts with aspirated form. See Standard Chinese phonology |
Cantonese | 早餐 /zou2 caan1 | /t͡sou˧˥t͡sʰaːn˥/ | 'breakfast' | See Cantonese phonology | |
Czech [10] | co | [t̻͡s̪o̝] | 'what' | See Czech phonology | |
Hungarian [11] | cica | [ˈt̻͡s̪it̻͡s̪ɒ] | 'kitten' | See Hungarian phonology | |
Japanese | 津波 /tsunami | [t̻͡s̪ɯ̟ᵝnämʲi] | 'Tsunami' | Allophone of /t/ before /u/. See Japanese phonology | |
モッツァレラ /mottsarera | [mo̞t̻t̻͡s̪äɾe̞ɾä] | 'mozzarella' | May appear before other vowels in loanwords. See Japanese phonology | ||
Kashmiri | ژاس/cás | [t͡saːs] | 'cough' | ||
Kashubian [12] | [ example needed ] | ||||
Kazakh [13] | инвестиция /investitsiya | [investit̻͡s̪əja] | 'price' | Only in loanwords from Russian [13] [14] See Kazakh phonology and Kyrgyz phonology | |
Kyrgyz [14] | |||||
Latvian [15] | cena | [ˈt̻͡s̪en̪ä] | 'price' | See Latvian phonology | |
Macedonian [16] | цвет /cvet | [t̻͡s̪ve̞t̪] | 'flower' | See Macedonian phonology | |
Pashto | څــلور /cëlor | [ˌt͡səˈlor] | 'four' | See Pashto phonology | |
Polish [17] | co | 'what' | See Polish phonology | ||
Romanian [18] | preț | [pre̞t̻͡s̪] | 'price' | See Romanian phonology | |
Russian [7] | царь /caŕ | [t̻͡s̪ärʲ] | 'Tsar' | See Russian phonology | |
Serbo-Croatian [19] [20] | циљ / cilj / ڄیڵ | [t̻͡s̪îːʎ] | 'target' | See Serbo-Croatian phonology | |
Slovak | cisár | [t̻͡s̪isaːr] | 'emperor' | See Slovak phonology | |
Slovene [21] | cvet | [t̻͡s̪ʋêːt̪] | 'bloom' | See Slovene phonology | |
Tyap | tsa | [t͡sa] | 'to begin' | ||
Ukrainian [22] | цей /cej | [t̻͡s̪ɛj] | 'this one' | Contrasting palatalization. See Ukrainian phonology | |
Upper Sorbian [23] | cybla | [ˈt̻͡s̪ɘblä] | 'onion' | ||
Uzbek [24] | [ example needed ] | ||||
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Arabic | Najdi [25] | كلب /tsalb | [t͡salb] | 'dog' | Corresponds to /k/ and /t͡ʃ/ in other dialects |
Asturian | Some dialects [26] | otso | [ˈot͡so] | 'eight' | Corresponds to standard /t͡ʃ/ |
Ḷḷena, Mieres, and others | ḷḷuna | [ˈt͡sunɐ] | 'moon' | Alveolar realization of che vaqueira instead of normal retroflex [ ʈ͡ʂ ] | |
Basque [5] | hots | [ot̻͡s̺] | 'sound' | The fricative component is apical. Contrasts with a laminal affricate with a dentalized fricative component. [5] | |
Catalan [27] | potser | [puˈt̻͡s̺(ː)e] | 'maybe' | The fricative component is apical. Only restricted to morpheme boundaries, some linguistics do not consider it a phoneme (but a sequence of [t] + [s]). Long and short versions of intervocalic affricates are in free variation in Central Catalan [tsː] ~ [ts]. See Catalan phonology | |
Central Alaskan Yup'ik [28] | cetaman | [t͡səˈtaman] | 'four' | Allophone of /t͡ʃ/ before schwa | |
Chamorro [29] | CHamoru | [t͡sɑˈmoːɾu] | 'Chamorro' | Spelled Chamoru in the orthography used in the Northern Mariana Islands. | |
Chechen | цаца / caca / ر̤ار̤ا | [t͡sət͡sə] | 'sieve' | ||
Cherokee [30] | ᏣᎳᎩ tsalagi | [t͡salaɡi] | 'Cherokee' | ||
Danish | Standard [31] | to | [ˈt̻͡s̺ʰoːˀ] | 'two' | The fricative component is apical. [31] In some accents, it is realized as [tʰ]. [31] Usually transcribed /tˢ/ or /t/. Contrasts with the unaspirated stop [ t ], which is usually transcribed /d̥/ or /d/. See Danish phonology |
Dargwa | цадеш / ꞩadeş / ڝادەش | [t͡sadeʃ] | 'unity, oneness' | ||
Dutch | Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect [32] | mat | [ˈmät͡s] | 'market' | Optional pre-pausal allophone of /t/. [32] See Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect phonology |
English | Broad Cockney [33] | tea | [ˈt͡səˑi̯] | 'tea' | Possible word-initial, intervocalic and word-final allophone of /t/. [34] [35] See English phonology |
Received Pronunciation [35] | [ˈt͡sɪˑi̯] | ||||
New York [36] | Possible syllable-initial and sometimes also utterance-final allophone of /t/. [36] See English phonology | ||||
New Zealand [37] | Word-initial allophone of /t/. [37] See English phonology | ||||
North Wales [38] | [ˈt͡siː] | Word-initial and word-final allophone of /t/; in free variation with a strongly aspirated stop [tʰ]. [38] See English phonology | |||
Port Talbot [39] | Allophone of /t/. In free variation with [tʰʰ]. [39] | ||||
Scouse [40] | Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of /t/. [40] See English phonology | ||||
General South African [41] | wanting | [ˈwɑnt͡sɪŋ] | 'wanting' | Possible syllable-final allophone of /t/. [41] | |
Esperanto | cico | ['t͡sit͡so] | 'nipple' | See Esperanto phonology | |
Filipino | tsokolate | [t͡sokɔlate] | 'chocolate' | ||
French | Quebec | tu | [t͡sy] | 'you' | Allophone of /t/ before /i,y/. |
Georgian [42] | კაცი /k'atsi | [kʼɑt͡si] | 'man' | ||
Haida | x̱ants | [ʜʌnt͡s] | 'shadow' | Allophone of /t͡ʃ/. [43] | |
Luxembourgish [44] | Zuch | [t͡suχ] | 'train' | See Luxembourgish phonology | |
Marathi | चमचा/tsamtsā | ['t͡səmt͡saː] | 'spoon' | Represented by /च/, which also represents [ t͡ʃ ]. It is not a marked difference. | |
Nepali | चाप /tsāp | [t͡säp] | 'pressure' | Contrasts aspirated and unaspirated versions. The unaspirated is represented by /च/. The aspirated sound is represented by /छ/. See Nepali phonology | |
Portuguese | European [45] | parte sem vida | [ˈpaɾt͡sẽjˈviðɐ] | 'lifeless part' | Allophone of /t/ before /i,ĩ/, or assimilation due to the deletion of /i~ɨ~e/. Increasingly used in Brazil. [46] |
Brazilian [45] [46] | participação | [paʁt͡sipaˈsɐ̃w̃] | 'participation' | ||
Most speakers [47] | shiatsu | [ɕiˈat͡su] | 'shiatsu' | Marginal sound. Many Brazilians might break the affricate with epenthetic [i], often subsequently palatalizing /t/, specially in pre-tonic contexts (e.g. tsunami[tɕisuˈnɜ̃mʲi]). [48] See Portuguese phonology | |
Spanish | Madrid [49] | ancha | [ˈänʲt͡sʲä] | 'wide' | Palatalized; [49] with an apical fricative component. It corresponds to [ t͡ʃ ] in standard Spanish. See Spanish phonology |
Chilean | |||||
Some Rioplatense dialects | tía | ['t͡siä] | 'aunt' | ||
Some Venezuelan dialects | zorro | [ˈt͡so̞ro̞] | 'fox' | Allophone of /s/ word initially. | |
Tamil | Jaffna Tamil | சந்தை /cantai | [t͡sɐn̪d̪ɛi̯] | 'market' | Rare, other realizations include [t͡ʃ, ʃ, s]. [50] |
Telugu | ౘట్టి /ĉaṭṭi | [t͡sɐʈʈi] | 'pot' |
Voiceless alveolar non-sibilant affricate | |
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tɹ̝̊ | |
tθ̠ | |
tθ͇ | |
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Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Dutch | Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect [32] | verbèganger | [vərˈbɛːɣäŋət͡ɹ̝̊] | 'passer-by' | A possible realization of word-final /r/ before pauses. [32] |
English | General American [51] | tree | 'tree' | Phonetic realization of the stressed, syllable-initial sequence /tr/; more commonly postalveolar [ t̠ɹ̠̊˔ ]. [51] See English phonology | |
Received Pronunciation [51] | |||||
Italian | Sicily [52] | straniero | [st͡ɹ̝̊äˈnjɛɾo] | 'foreign' | Apical. Regional realization of the sequence /tr/; may be a sequence [t ɹ̝̊] or [t ɹ̝] instead. [53] See Italian phonology |
The alveolar ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨sʼ⟩.
The voiced alveolar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar lateral approximants is ⟨l⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is l
.
The voiced alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiced dental, alveolar, and postalveolar lateral fricatives is ⟨ɮ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is K\
.
The voiced alveolar fricatives are consonantal sounds. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents these sounds depends on whether a sibilant or non-sibilant fricative is being described.
The voiced postalveolar or palato-alveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The International Phonetic Association uses the term voiced postalveolar fricative only for the sound, but it also describes the voiced postalveolar non-sibilant fricative, for which there are significant perceptual differences, as one is a sibilant and one is not.
The voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɕ⟩. It is the sibilant equivalent of the voiceless palatal fricative, and as such it can be transcribed in IPA with ⟨ç˖⟩.
The voiceless dental non-sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is familiar to most English speakers as the 'th' in think. Though rather rare as a phoneme among the world's languages, it is encountered in some of the most widespread and influential ones. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨θ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is T
. The IPA symbol is the lowercase Greek letter theta, which is used for this sound in post-classical Greek, and the sound is thus often referred to as "theta".
A voiceless postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The International Phonetic Association uses the term voiceless postalveolar fricative only for the sound, but it also describes the voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant fricative, for which there are significant perceptual differences.
The voiceless retroflex sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʂ⟩ which is a Latin letter s combined with a retroflex hook. Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA letter is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook to the bottom of ⟨s⟩. A distinction can be made between laminal, apical, and sub-apical articulations. Only one language, Toda, appears to have more than one voiceless retroflex sibilant, and it distinguishes subapical palatal from apical postalveolar retroflex sibilants; that is, both the tongue articulation and the place of contact on the roof of the mouth are different.
A voiced alveolar affricate is a type of affricate consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge just behind the teeth. This refers to a class of sounds, not a single sound. There are several types with significant perceptual differences:
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 ⟨t͡ʃ ⟩, ⟨t͜ʃ ⟩ ⟨tʃ ⟩, or, in broad transcription, ⟨c⟩. This affricate has a dedicated symbol U+02A7ʧLATIN SMALL LETTER TESH DIGRAPH, which has been retired by the International Phonetic Association but is still used. The alternative commonly used in American tradition is ⟨č⟩. It is familiar to English speakers as the "ch" sound in "chip".
The voiced palato-alveolar sibilant affricate, voiced post-alveolar affricate or voiced 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 ⟨d͡ʒ⟩, or in some broad transcriptions ⟨ɟ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA representation is dZ
. This affricate has a dedicated symbol U+02A4ʤLATIN SMALL LETTER DEZH DIGRAPH, which has been retired by the International Phonetic Association but is still used. Alternatives commonly used in linguistic works, particularly in older or American literature, are ⟨ǰ⟩, ⟨ǧ⟩, ⟨ǯ⟩, and ⟨dž⟩. It is familiar to English speakers as the pronunciation of ⟨j⟩ in jump.
The voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨t͡ɕ⟩, ⟨t͜ɕ⟩, ⟨c͡ɕ⟩ and ⟨c͜ɕ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbols are t_s\
and c_s\
, though transcribing the stop component with ⟨c⟩ is rare. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨tɕ⟩ or ⟨cɕ⟩ in the IPA and ts\
or cs\
in X-SAMPA. This affricate has a dedicated symbol U+02A8ʨLATIN SMALL LETTER TC DIGRAPH WITH CURL, which has been retired by the International Phonetic Association but is still used.
The voiced retroflex sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨d̠͡ʐ ⟩, sometimes simplified to ⟨dʐ ⟩ or ⟨ꭦ ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is dz`
. Its apical variant is ⟨ɖ̺͡ʐ̺ ⟩ and laminal variant ⟨ɖ̻͡ʐ̻ ⟩. It occurs in such languages as Polish and Northwest Caucasian languages (apical).
The voiceless retroflex sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨t̠͡ʂ⟩, sometimes simplified to ⟨tʂ⟩ or ⟨ꭧ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is ts`
. Its apical variant is ⟨ʈ̺͡ʂ̺⟩ and laminal variant ⟨ʈ̻͡ʂ̻⟩.
The alveolar ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨t͡sʼ⟩.
The retroflex ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʈ͡ʂʼ⟩, though it is frequently simplified to ⟨tʂʼ⟩ or ⟨ꭧʼ⟩.
The voiceless alveolar trill differs from the voiced alveolar trill only by the vibrations of the vocal cord. It occurs in a few languages, usually alongside the voiced version, as a similar phoneme or an allophone.
The voiceless alveolar fricatives are a type of fricative consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge just behind the teeth. This refers to a class of sounds, not a single sound. There are at least six types with significant perceptual differences:
The voiceless dental non-sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨t͡θ⟩, ⟨t͜θ⟩, ⟨t̪͡θ⟩, and ⟨t̟͡θ⟩.
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