Analveolo-palatal ejective affricate is a type ofconsonantal sound, which was attested in Ubykh. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨tɕʼ⟩.

Features of an alveolo-palatal ejective affricate:

• Itsmanner of articulation isaffricate, 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.
• Itsplace of articulation isalveolo-palatal. This means that:
  • Itsplace of articulation ispostalveolar, meaning that the tongue contacts the roof of the mouth in the area behind thealveolar ridge (the gum line).
  • Itstongue shape islaminal, meaning that it is thetongue blade that contacts the roof of the mouth.
  • It is heavilypalatalized, meaning that the middle of the tongue is bowed and raised towards thehard palate.
• Itsphonation is un-voiced, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
• It is anoral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
• It is acentral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
• Theairstream mechanism isejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping theglottis upward.

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• List of languages with[tɕʼ] onPHOIBLE

• Dumézil, Georges (1965),Documents anatoliens sur les langues et les traditions du Caucase, III: Nouvelles études oubykhs, Paris: Librairie A. Maisonneuve
• Fenwick, Rohan S. H. (2011),A Grammar of Ubykh, Munich: Lincom Europa

• Affricates
• Alveolar consonants
• Palatal consonants
• Ejectives
• Oral consonants
• Central consonants

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