| Voiceless palatal plosive | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| c | |||
| IPA number | 107 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | c | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0063 | ||
| X-SAMPA | c | ||
| Braille | |||
| |||
Avoiceless palatal plosive orstop is a type ofconsonantal sound used in some vocal languages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨c⟩.
It is common for the phonetic symbol ⟨c⟩ to be used to representvoiceless postalveolar affricate[t͡ʃ] or other similaraffricates, for example in theIndic languages. This may be considered appropriate when the place of articulation needs to be specified and the distinction betweenplosive and affricate is not contrastive.
| Voiceless alveolo-palatal plosive | |
|---|---|
| t̠ʲ |
If distinction is necessary, avoiceless alveolo-palatal plosive may be transcribed ⟨t̠ʲ⟩ (retracted andpalatalized ⟨t⟩). There is also a non-IPA letterU+0236 ȶLATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH CURL;⟨ȶ⟩ ("t", plus the curl found in the symbols for alveolo-palatal sibilant fricatives⟨ɕ,ʑ⟩), which is used especially insinological circles.

Features of a voiceless palatal stop:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian[1] | shqip | [ʃcip]ⓘ | 'Albanian' | Merged with[t͡ʃ] inGheg Albanian and some speakers ofTosk Albanian.[2] | |
| Asturian | Western dialects[3] | muyyer | [muˈceɾ] | 'woman' | Alternate evolution of -lj-, -c'l-,pl-,cl- andfl- in theBrañas Vaqueiras area of Western Asturias. May be also realized as[c͡ç] or[ɟ͡ʝ] |
| Amuzgo | Xochistlahuaca variety[4] | tyaáⁿ | [cã́] | 'clumsy; a clumsy person' | |
| Azerbaijani | کئچی/keçi | [ceˈt͡ʃi]ⓘ | 'goat' | Can realize as "t͡ʃ̟" in Tabriz accent | |
| Basque | ttantta | [cäɲcä] | 'droplet' | ||
| Blackfoot | ᖳᖽᖾᖳᐡ /akikoan | [aˈkicoan] | 'girl' | Allophone of/k/ afterfront vowels. | |
| Breton | Gwenedeg | kenn | [cɛ̃n] | 'dandruff' | Realization of /k/ before front vowels. |
| Bulgarian | Banat dialect | kaćétu (каќету orкакьету) | [kacetu] | 'as' | SeeBulgarian phonology |
| Catalan | Majorcan[5] | qui | [ˈci̞] | 'who' | Dento-alveolo-palatal or palatal.[6]Corresponds to/k/ in other varieties. SeeCatalan phonology |
| Corsican | chjodu | [ˈcoːdu] | 'nail' | Also present in theGallurese dialect | |
| Croatian | Littoral dialect | već | [vec] | 'already' | |
| Czech | čeština | [ˈt͡ʃɛʃc̟ɪna]ⓘ | 'Czech' (language) | Alveolo-palatal or alveolar.[6] SeeCzech phonology | |
| Dawsahak | [cɛːˈnɐ] | 'small' | |||
| Dinka | car | [car] | 'black' | ||
| Ega[7] | [cá] | 'understand' | |||
| French[6] | sac | [s̪aʲc]ⓘ | 'bag' | Ranges from alveolar to palatal. SeeFrench phonology | |
| Friulian | cjase | [caze] | 'house' | ||
| Ganda | caayi | [caːji] | 'tea' | ||
| Gweno | [ca] | 'to come' | |||
| Hakka | Meixian | 飛機 /fi1gi1 | [fi˦ci˦] | 'plane' | Allophone of/k/ before/i/. |
| Hausa | kyauta | [caːuta] | 'gift' | ||
| Hokkien | Taiwanese | 機車 /ki-tshia | [ciː˧t͡ɕʰia˥] | 'motorcycle' | |
| Hungarian[8] | kutya | [ˈkuc̟ᶝɒ]ⓘ | 'dog' | Alveolo-palatal.[6] SeeHungarian phonology | |
| Icelandic | Eldgjá | [ˈɛlˑt̪c̟ɑu̯]ⓘ | 'Eldgjá' | Alveolo-palatal.[9] SeeIcelandic phonology | |
| Irish | ceist | [cɛʃtʲ] | 'question' | Alveolo-palatal or palatal.[6] SeeIrish phonology | |
| Khasi | boit | [bɔc] | 'dwarf' | ||
| Khmer | ចាប /chab | [caːp] | 'bird' | Contrastsaspirated and unaspirated forms. | |
| Kinyarwanda | ikintu | [iciːnɦuʰ] | 'thing' | ||
| Kurdish | Northern | kîso | [cʰiːsoː] | 'tortoise' | Allophone of/kʰ/ before/ɨ/,/ɛ/,/iː/, and/eː/. SeeKurdish phonology |
| Central | کیسەڵ | [cʰiːsæɫ] | |||
| Southern | [cʰiːsaɫ] | ||||
| Latvian | ķirbis | [ˈcirbis]ⓘ | 'pumpkin' | SeeLatvian phonology | |
| Low German | Plautdietsch | kjoakj | [coac] | 'church' | Corresponds to[kʲ] in all other dialects.[clarification needed] |
| Macedonian | шеќер | [ˈʃɛcçɛr]ⓘ | 'sugar' | Prescribed realisation of the/c/ phoneme, varies greatly across dialects.[10] SeeMacedonian phonology | |
| Malay | Kelantan-Pattani | cita | [ci.tɔʔ] | 'feeling' | Palatal,[11] allophone of/tʃ/. SeeMalay phonology |
| Indonesian | cari | [cari] | 'to find' | ||
| Norwegian | Centraldialects[12] | fett | [fɛcː] | 'fat' | SeeNorwegian phonology |
| Northerndialects[12] | |||||
| Occitan | Limousin | tireta | [ciˈʀetɒ] | 'drawer' | |
| Auvergnat | tirador | [ciʀaˈdu] | |||
| WesternGascon | chifra | [ˈcifrə] | 'digit' | Corresponds to [tʃ] and sometimes [dʒ] in eastern dialects | |
| Romanian[13] | Chișinău | [cçiʃiˈnɜu̯]ⓘ | 'Chișinău' | Allophone of/k/ before/i/ and/e/. SeeRomanian phonology. Also in some northern dialects | |
| Romansh | Sursilvan[14] | notg | [nɔc] | 'night' | |
| Sutsilvan[15] | tgàn | [caŋ] | 'dog' | ||
| Surmiran[16] | vatgas | [ˈvɑcɐs] | 'cows' | ||
| Puter[17] | zücher | [ˈtsycər] | 'sugar' | ||
| Vallader[18] | müs-chel | [ˈmyʃcəl] | 'moss' | ||
| Scottish Gaelic[19] | maide | [ˈmãtʲə] | 'stick' | Alveolo-palatal or alveolar. Affricated in some positions, with affrication stronger incertain dialects. | |
| Slovak[6] | ťava | [ˈcava] | 'camel' | Laminal alveolo-palatal. Often africated.[20] SeeSlovak phonology | |
| Spanish | Canarian | choco | [ˈc̟oko] | 'cuttlefish' | Alveolo-palatal. Used to be voiced.[21] Corresponds to[t͡ʃ] in other dialects of Spanish (speakers from other areas of Spain mishear it as[ʝ]). |
| Turkish | köy | [cʰœj̊ʷ]ⓘ | 'village' | SeeTurkish phonology | |
| Vietnamese[22] | Central and Southern | BaChẽ | [bɐː˧c̟ɛˑ˧ˀ˥]ⓘ | 'Ba Chẽ' | May be slightly affricated[tᶝ]. SeeVietnamese phonology |
| West Frisian | tjems | [cɛms] | 'strainer' | SeeWest Frisian phonology | |
| Western Desert | kutju | [kucu] | 'one' | ||
| Damin | dunji-kan | [t̺un̺t̠ʲikan̺] | 'go' | ||
| Voiceless post-palatal plosive | |
|---|---|
| c̠ | |
| k̟ |
There is also avoiceless post-palatal orpre-velar plosive[23] in some languages, which is articulated slightly more back compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical palatal consonant, though not as back as the prototypicalvelar consonant. The International Phonetic Alphabet does not have a separate symbol for that sound, though it can be transcribed as ⟨c̠⟩ (retracted ⟨c⟩) or ⟨k̟⟩ (advanced ⟨k⟩).
Especially inbroad transcription, a voiceless post-palatal plosive may be transcribed as a palatalized voiceless velar plosive (⟨kʲ⟩.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belarusian | кіслы | [ˈk̟is̪ɫ̪ɨ]ⓘ | 'acidic' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩. SeeBelarusian phonology | |
| Catalan[24] | qui | [k̟i] | 'who' | Allophone of/k/ beforefront vowels.[24] SeeCatalan phonology | |
| Danish | Standard[25] | gidsel | [ˈk̟isəl] | 'hostage' | Allophone of/ɡ/ before front vowels.[25] SeeDanish phonology |
| English[26][27] | keen | [k̟ʰiːn]ⓘ | 'keen' | Allophone of/k/ before front vowels and/j/.[26][27] SeeEnglish phonology | |
| back | [bæc̠] | back | MainstreamIrish English realisation of /k/ after front vowels.[28] | ||
| German | Standard[29][30] | Kind | [k̟ʰɪnt]ⓘ | 'child' | Allophone of/k/ before and after front vowels.[29][30] SeeStandard German phonology |
| Greek[31] | Μακεδνός | [mɐc̠e̞ˈðno̞s̠]ⓘ | 'Makedon' | SeeModern Greek phonology | |
| Italian | Standard[32] | chi | [k̟i]ⓘ | 'who' | Allophone of/k/ before/i,e,ɛ,j/.[32] SeeItalian phonology |
| Japanese | 九 /kyū | [k̟ÿː] | 'nine' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩, allophone of /kj/. SeeJapanese phonology | |
| Polish | kiedy | [ˈk̟ɛdɨ]ⓘ | 'when' | SeePolish phonology | |
| Portuguese | qui | [k̟i] | 'Chi' | Allophone of/k/ before front vowels. SeePortuguese phonology | |
| Romanian[33] | ochi | [o̞k̟] | 'eye' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩. SeeRomanian phonology | |
| Russian | Standard[34] | кит /kit | [k̟it̪]ⓘ | 'whale' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩. SeeRussian phonology |
| Scottish Gaelic[35] | còig | [kʰoːʲk̟] | 'five (5)' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩. Contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. | |
| Spanish[36] | kilo | [ˈk̟ilo̞] | 'kilo(gram)' | Allophone of/k/ before front vowels.[36] SeeSpanish phonology | |
| Tidore | yaci | [jaci] | 'to rip' | ||
| Ukrainian | кінчик/kinchyk | [ˈk̟inʲt͡ʃɪk]ⓘ | 'tip' | Can also be transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩, but is an allophone of/k/ before front vowels. SeeUkrainian phonology | |
| Vietnamese | cách | [kak̟]ⓘ | 'to cut, to harvest' | Final allophone of/c/. SeeVietnamese phonology | |