ɲʒ vs t̠ʃ

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate vs Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate

How these sounds differ

ɲʒ

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate

Voicing: voiced
Place: palato-alveolar
Manner: affricate
Class: consonant
In languages: 0 / 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 ɲʒ

Languages with both

227

Languages with t̠ʃ

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 t̠ʃ, not ɲʒ (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