Voiced alveolar affricate
consonantal sound
A voiced alveolar affricate is a type of affricate consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line) just behind the teeth. There are several types of median affricates with significant perceptual differences:
A voiced alveolar sibilant affricate [d͡z] is the most common type, similar to the ds in English lads.
A voiced alveolar non-sibilant affricate [dð̠] – or [dð͇], using the alveolar diacritic from the Extended IPA, – is found, for example, in some dialects of English and Italian.
A voiced retracted alveolar sibilant affricate [d͡z̺] or [d̠͡z̠].
Voiced alveolar sibilant affricate
A voiced alveolar sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The sound is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet with ⟨d͡z⟩ or ⟨d͜z⟩. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨dz⟩. There is also a ligature ⟨ʣ⟩, which has been retired by the International Phonetic Association but is still used.
Features
Features of a voiced alveolar sibilant affricate:
Its manner of articulation is sibilant affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the air flow entirely, then directing it with the tongue to the sharp edge of the teeth, causing high-frequency turbulence.
The stop component of this affricate is laminal alveolar, which means it is articulated with the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge.
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