ʒ̩ vs ʃ

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Sibilant Fricative vs Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Sibilant Fricative

How these sounds differ

ʒ̩

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Sibilant Fricative

Voicing: voiced
Place: palato-alveolar
Manner: sibilant fricative
Class: consonant
In languages: 0 / 500

Full details →

Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Sibilant Fricative

Voicing: voiceless
Place: palato-alveolar
Manner: sibilant fricative
Class: consonant
In languages: 224 / 500

Full details →

Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with ʒ̩

Languages with both

224

Languages with ʃ

0 languages in our database contrast both sounds as distinct phonemes. Languages that have one but not the other tend to merge them into a single phoneme — meaning speakers of those languages often struggle to hear the distinction when learning a language that contrasts them.

Has ʃ, not ʒ̩ (20)

Delaware Algic Ojibwa Algic Nootka Wakashan Salish Salishan Squamish Salishan Navaho Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Hupa Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Chasta Costa Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Chipewyan Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Inuit Eskimo-Aleut Aleut Eskimo-Aleut Asmat Nuclear Trans New Guinea Washkuk Sepik Cham Austronesian Karen Sino-Tibetan Lahu Sino-Tibetan SEDANG Austroasiatic Kabardian Abkhaz-Adyge Lak Nakh-Daghestanian Dakota Siouan