| Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| tɕ | |||
| ʨ | |||
| cɕ | |||
| IPA number | 215 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | ʨ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+02A8 | ||
| X-SAMPA | t_s\ | ||
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Avoiceless 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⟩, though transcribing the stop component with ⟨c⟩ is rare. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨tɕ⟩. 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.
[t] are a completely narrow transcription of the stop component, which can be narrowly transcribed as[t̠ʲ] (retracted andpalatalized[t]) 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] and[ȶɕ].
[tɕ] 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 a voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burmese | ကျ /kyạ | [t͡ɕä̰ʔ] | 'to 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 /chu | [t͡ɕʰu˥] | '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 |
| Kyrgyz | чоң /chong | [t͡ɕʰɔ̝ŋ] | 'big' | Also transcribed as/tʃ/. SeeKyrgyz phonology | |
| Marathi | चिंच /ciñca | [t͡ɕint̪͡sə] | 'tamarind' | Contrasts with aspirated form. Allophone of[tʃ]. SeeMarathi phonology | |
| Mongolian | Khalkha | жил /jil | [t͡ɕiɬ] | 'year' | SeeMongolian 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 /čutj | [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 /cān | [t͡ɕaːn] | 'dish' | Contrasts with aspirated form. | |
| Tuvan | чон /chon | [t͡ɕʰɔ̝n] | 'people' | ||
| Urarina[13] | katsa | [kat͡ɕá] | 'man' | ||
| Uzbek[14] | chumoli /чумоли | [ˌt͡ɕʰumɒˈlɪ] | 'ant' | Often transcribed as/tʃ/. SeeUzbek phonology | |
| Vietnamese | cha | [t͡ɕa] | 'father' | SeeVietnamese phonology | |
| Xumi[15][16] | [t͡ɕɐ˦] | 'star' | |||
| Yi | ꏢ /ji | [t͡ɕi˧] | 'sour' | Contrastsaspirated and unaspirated forms | |
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