n̠d̠ʒ vs t̠ʃ

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate vs Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate

How these sounds differ

n̠d̠ʒ

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate

Voicing: voiced
Place: palato-alveolar
Manner: affricate
Class: consonant
In languages: 16 / 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 n̠d̠ʒ

Languages with both

227

Languages with t̠ʃ

16 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 t̠ʃ, not n̠d̠ʒ (20)

Dakota Siouan Delaware Algic 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 Asmat Nuclear Trans New Guinea Aleut Eskimo-Aleut Maranungku Western Daly Iai Austronesian Sa'ban Austronesian Toba-Batak Austronesian Lahu Sino-Tibetan Kabardian Abkhaz-Adyge Oneida Iroquoian