d̤z vs tsʰ

Voiced Alveolar Affricate vs Voiceless Alveolar Affricate

How these sounds differ

d̤z

Voiced Alveolar Affricate

Voicing: voiced
Place: alveolar
Manner: affricate
Class: consonant
In languages: 2 / 500

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tsʰ

Voiceless Alveolar Affricate

Voicing: voiceless
Place: alveolar
Manner: affricate
Class: consonant
In languages: 41 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with d̤z

Languages with both

Languages with tsʰ

2 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 tsʰ, not d̤z (20)

Resígaro Arawakan Bats Nakh-Daghestanian Min Dong Chinese Sino-Tibetan Cofán Language isolate Daur Mongolic-Khitan HADZA Language isolate JACALTEC Mayan TOL Jicaquean !XU Kxa Mongghul Mongolic-Khitan Lak Nakh-Daghestanian Burushaski Language isolate Kharia Austroasiatic Hakka Chinese Sino-Tibetan Yao Hmong-Mien Lakkia Tai-Kadai Adzera Austronesian Chipewyan Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Navaho Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Kwakiutl Wakashan