Avoiced palatal affricate is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespoken languages. The symbols in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨ɟ͡ʝ⟩ and ⟨ɟ͜ʝ⟩. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨ɟʝ⟩.

This sound is the non-sibilant equivalent of thevoiced alveolo-palatal affricate.

It occurs in languages such asAlbanian andSkolt Sami, among others. The voiced palatal affricate is quite rare; it is mostly absent from Europe as a phoneme (it occurs as anallophone in most Spanish dialects), with the aforementioned Uralic languages and Albanian being exceptions. It usually occurs with its voiceless counterpart, thevoiceless palatal affricate.

Features of a voiced palatal 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. It is not asibilant.
• Itsplace of articulation ispalatal, which means it is articulated with the middle or back part of thetongue raised to thehard palate.
• Itsphonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
• 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.
• Itsairstream mechanism ispulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air only with theintercostal muscles andabdominal muscles, as in most sounds.

• Index of phonetics articles

• List of languages with[ɟʝ] onPHOIBLE

• Affricates
• Palatal consonants
• Pulmonic consonants
• Voiced oral consonants
• Central consonants

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