Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate | |||
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tɕ | |||
ʨ | |||
cɕ | |||
IPA number | 215 | ||
Audio sample | |||
Encoding | |||
Entity(decimal) | ʨ | ||
Unicode(hex) | U+02A8 | ||
X-SAMPA | t_s\ | ||
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Thevoiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant affricate is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespokenlanguages. The symbols in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨t͡ɕ⟩, ⟨t͜ɕ⟩, ⟨c͡ɕ⟩ and ⟨c͜ɕ⟩, and the equivalentX-SAMPA symbols aret_s\
andc_s\
, though transcribing the stop component with ⟨c⟩ (c
in X-SAMPA) is rare. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨tɕ⟩ or ⟨cɕ⟩ in the IPA andts\
orcs\
in X-SAMPA. This affricate has a dedicated symbolU+02A8 ʨLATIN SMALL LETTER TC DIGRAPH WITH CURL, which has been retired by the International Phonetic Association but is still used.
Neither[t] nor[c] are a completely narrow transcription of the stop component, which can be narrowly transcribed as[t̠ʲ] (retracted andpalatalized[t]) or[c̟] (advanced[c]). The equivalent X-SAMPA symbols aret_-'
ort_-_j
andc_+
, respectively. There is also a dedicated symbol ⟨ȶ⟩, which is not a part of the IPA. Therefore, narrow transcriptions of the voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant affricate include[t̠ʲɕ],[c̟ɕ] and[ȶɕ].
It occurs in languages such asMandarin Chinese,Japanese,Polish,Serbo-Croatian orRussian, and is thesibilant equivalent of thevoiceless palatal affricate.U+107AB 𐞫MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TC DIGRAPH WITH CURL is asuperscript IPA letter.[1]
Features of the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Burmese | ကျ | [tɕäʔ] | 'fall' | ||
Catalan[2] | All dialects | fletxa | [ˈfɫe(t).t͡ɕə] | 'arrow' | SeeCatalan phonology |
Valencian | xec | [ˈt͡ɕek] | 'cheque' | ||
Chinese | Cantonese | 豬 /Yale:jyū /Jyutping:zyu¹ | [t͡ɕyː˥]ⓘ | 'pig' | Contrasts with aspirated form. Allophone of/t͡s/, usually in front of the front high vowels/iː/,/ɪ/,/yː/. SeeCantonese phonology |
Mandarin | 北京 /Běijīng | [peɪ˨˩t͡ɕiŋ˥]ⓘ | 'Beijing' | Contrasts with aspirated form. Pronounced by some speakers as a palatalized dental. Incomplementary distribution with[t͡s],[k], and[ʈ͡ʂ] series. SeeStandard Chinese phonology | |
Chuvash | чипер/çiper | [t͡ɕi'p̬ɛr] | 'cute' | ||
Danish[3] | tjener | [ˈt͡ɕeːnɐ] | 'servant' | Normal realization of the sequence/tj/.[3] SeeDanish phonology | |
Dutch | gaatjes | [ɣaːtɕəs]ⓘ | 'little holes' | ||
Dzongkha | ཆུ /chuu | [t͡ɕuː] | 'water' | ||
Irish | Some dialects[4][5][6] | tír | [t͡ɕiːɾʲ] | 'country' | Realization of the palatalized alveolar stop/tʲ/ in dialects such as Erris, Teelin and Tourmakeady.[4][5][6] SeeIrish phonology |
Japanese | 知人/chijin | [t͡ɕiʑĩɴ] | 'acquaintance' | SeeJapanese phonology | |
Karen | S'gaw Karen | ကၠိ | [tɕó] | 'school' | |
Eastern Pwo | ကျုင်း | [tɕə́ɯɴ] | 'to be lazy' | ||
Western Pwo | ကၠုၧၪ့ | [tɕə̀] | 'to be lazy' | ||
Korean | South | 제비/jebi | [t͡ɕebi] | 'swallow' | SeeKorean phonology |
Marathi | चिंच/çinç | [t͡ɕint̪͡sə] | 'tamarind' | Contrasts with aspirated form. Allophone of[tʃ]. SeeMarathi phonology | |
Okinawan | 'ucinaaguci | [ʔut͡ɕinaːɡut͡ɕi] | 'Okinawan language' | Merged with[ts]. | |
Polish[7] | ćma | [t͡ɕmä]ⓘ | 'moth' | SeePolish phonology | |
Romanian | Banat dialect[8] | frate | [ˈfrat͡ɕe] | 'brother' | One of the most distinct phonological features of the Banat dialect: allophone of/t/ before front vowels. Corresponds to[t] in standard Romanian. SeeRomanian phonology |
Russian | чуть/čuť | [t͡ɕʉtʲ] | 'barely' | SeeRussian phonology | |
Sema[9] | akichi | [à̠kìt͡ɕì] | 'mouth' | Possible allophone of/t͡ʃ/ before/i,e/; can be realized as[t͡ʃ] instead.[9] | |
Serbo-Croatian[10] | лећа/leća | [lět͡ɕä] | 'lentils' | Merges into/t͡ʃ/ in dialects that do not distinguish /ʈ͡ʂ/ from/t͡ɕ/. | |
Slovene | Dialects withtʼ–č distinction (such asResian) | teči | [ˈt̪ɛ̀ːt͡ɕì] | 'con artist' | In Standard Slovene obsolete. SeeSlovene phonology |
Sorbian | Lower[11] | šćit | [ɕt͡ɕit̪] | 'protection' | |
Swedish | Finland | kjol | [t͡ɕuːl] | 'skirt' | SeeSwedish phonology |
Thai[12] | จาน/čán | [t͡ɕaːn] | 'dish' | Contrasts with aspirated form. | |
Urarina[13] | katsa | [kat͡ɕá] | 'man' | ||
Uzbek[14] | chumoli | [ˈt͡ɕumɔˌlɪ] | 'ant' | ||
Vietnamese | cha | [t͡ɕa] | 'father' | SeeVietnamese phonology | |
Xumi[15][16] | [t͡ɕɐ˦] | 'star' | |||
Yi | ꏢ/ji | [t͡ɕi˧] | 'sour' | Contrastsaspirated and unaspirated forms |