ɟʝ vs t̠ʃ

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate vs Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate

How these sounds differ

ɟʝ

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate

Voicing: voiced
Place: palato-alveolar
Manner: affricate
Class: consonant
In languages: 19 / 500

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t̠ʃ

Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate

Voicing: voiceless
Place: palato-alveolar
Manner: affricate
Class: consonant
In languages: 227 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with ɟʝ

Languages with both

227

Languages with t̠ʃ

1 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 ɟʝ, not t̠ʃ (18)

Kota Dravidian Ao-Naga Sino-Tibetan Konkani Indo-European KLAO Kru Koya Dravidian Bhumij Austroasiatic Marathi Indo-European Tamil Dravidian Gujarati Indo-European Kannada Dravidian Awadhi Indo-European Oriya Indo-European Sinhalese Indo-European South Azerbaijani Turkic Kumauni Indo-European Manipuri Sino-Tibetan Khasi Austroasiatic Sanskrit Indo-European

Has t̠ʃ, not ɟʝ (20)

Ojibwa Algic Nootka Wakashan Salish Salishan Squamish Salishan Haida Haida Navaho Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Hupa Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Chasta Costa Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Chipewyan Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Aleut Eskimo-Aleut Asmat Nuclear Trans New Guinea Maranungku Western Daly Washkuk Sepik Iai Austronesian Sa'ban Austronesian Toba-Batak Austronesian Lahu Sino-Tibetan SEDANG Austroasiatic Kabardian Abkhaz-Adyge Delaware Algic