Voiced retroflex affricate
Consonantal sound
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A voiced retroflex sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is â¨ÉÍ¡Êââ© or â¨dÌ Í¡Êââ©, often simplified to â¨dÊââ©. There is also a ligature â¨ê¦ââ©, which has been retired by the International Phonetic Association but is still used.
IPA number106 (137)
Entity (decimal)
ɖâ͡âʐUnicode (hex)U+0256âU+0361âU+0290
X-SAMPA
dz`| Voiced retroflex affricate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ÉÊ | |||
| dÊ | |||
| ê¦ | |||
| IPA number | 106 (137) | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | ɖâ͡âʐ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0256âU+0361âU+0290 | ||
| X-SAMPA | dz` | ||
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A laminal variant occurs in Polish dż, and apical variants in the Indo-Aryan languages.
Features
Features of a voiced retroflex 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.
- Its place of articulation is retroflex, which prototypically means it is articulated subapical (with the tip of the tongue curled up), but more generally, it means that it is postalveolar without being palatalized. That is, besides the prototypical subapical articulation, the tongue can be apical (pointed) or, in some fricatives, laminal (flat).
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is an oral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
- It is a median consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream down the midline of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air only with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asturian | Some dialects | ḷḷuna | ['ÉÍ¡Êunä] | 'moon' | Corresponds to /Ê/ in other dialects. See Che Vaqueira |
| Belarusian | джаз | [ÉÍ¡Êas] | 'jazz' | Laminal. See Belarusian phonology | |
| Chinese | Wu | é¿ | [ÉÍ¡ÊaÅ] | 'to grow' | Only found in a few Wu dialects. |
| Some Mandarin speakers | å¹¿å· | [kwaÅ˨˩ ÉÍ¡ÊoÊ˥˥] | 'Guangzhou' | ||
| Khowar[1] | Ý®ÙÙÙÝ®ÙÛر | [ÉÍ¡ÊanÉÍ¡Êer] | 'chain' | - | |
| Polish | Standard[2][3] | dżin | [ÉÍ¡Êin̪] | 'genie' | Laminal; it's transcribed /dÍ¡Ê/ by most Polish scholars. See Polish phonology |
| Southeastern Cuyavian dialects[4] | dzwon | [ÉÍ¡ÊvÉn̪] | 'bell' | Some speakers. It's a result of hypercorrecting the more popular merger of /ÉÍ¡Ê/ and /dÍ¡z/ into [dÍ¡z]. | |
| SuwaÅki dialect[5] | |||||
| Northern Qiang | vvdhe | [ÊÉÍ¡ÊÉ] | 'star' | ||
| Serbo-Croatian[6][7] | Ñеп/džep | [ÉÍ¡ÊêÌp] | 'pocket' | Apical. It may be palato-alveolar instead, depending on the dialect. See Serbo-Croatian phonology | |
| Slovak[8] | džús | [ÉÍ¡ÊuÌËs] | 'juice' | Laminal. | |
| Torwali[9] | ØØÙÙÚ¯ | [ÉÍ¡ÊiÉ¡Ì¥] | 'long' | Contrasts with a palatal affricate. | |
| Yi | ê / rry | [ÉÍ¡Êɪ˧] | 'tooth' | ||
Voiced retroflex non-sibilant affricate
The non-sibilant counterpart is a voiced retroflex non-sibilant affricate, which may occur in Malagasy. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is â¨Éɻ᷵â©, â¨dÉ»Ëâ©, â¨dÌ Í¡É»Ìâ©, or â¨ÉÉ»Ëâ©.
Features
- Its manner of articulation is affricate, 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.
- Its place of articulation is retroflex, which prototypically means it is articulated subapical (with the tip of the tongue curled up), but more generally, it means that it is postalveolar without being palatalized. That is, besides the prototypical subapical articulation, the tongue can be apical (pointed) or, in some fricatives, laminal (flat).
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is an oral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
- It is a median consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream down the midline of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air only with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malagasy[10] | andriana | [ËaᶯÉÉ»ËiÉn(ÉÌ¥)] | 'nobility' | Also described as regular plosives, trilled affricates and sibilant affricates. | |