/ˈaɪ.pə/

ʝ vs ç

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Fricative vs Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Fricative

How these sounds differ

ʝ
Voiced Palato-Alveolar Fricative
Voicing
voiced
Place
palato-alveolar
Manner
fricative
Class
consonant
In languages
13 / 500
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ç
Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Fricative
Voicing
voiceless
Place
palato-alveolar
Manner
fricative
Class
consonant
In languages
25 / 500
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Cross-linguistic distribution

13
Languages with ʝ
2
Languages with both
25
Languages with ç

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 ʝ, not ç (11)

MOGHOL Mongolic-Khitan Ket Yeniseian Asmat Nuclear Trans New Guinea Inuit Eskimo-Aleut Darkhat Mongolic-Khitan AMELE Nuclear Trans New Guinea NANAI Tungusic IRARUTU Austronesian ITELMEN Chukotko-Kamchatkan KORYAK Chukotko-Kamchatkan Swedish Indo-European

Has ç, not ʝ (20)

Ao-Naga Sino-Tibetan Hakka Chinese Sino-Tibetan Haida Haida Kwakiutl Wakashan IRISH Indo-European Icelandic Indo-European Northern Khanty Uralic BELLA COOLA Salishan NYAH KUR Austroasiatic HIGHLAND CHINANTEC Otomanguean KAM Tai-Kadai Konkani Indo-European Marathi Indo-European Gujarati Indo-European Kannada Dravidian Romanian Indo-European Norwegian Indo-European Kumauni Indo-European Norwegian Indo-European Manipuri Sino-Tibetan