/ˈaɪ.pə/

ʄ vs c

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Stop vs Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Stop

How these sounds differ

ʄ
Voiced Palato-Alveolar Stop
Voicing
voiced
Place
palato-alveolar
Manner
stop
Class
consonant
In languages
10 / 500
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c
Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Stop
Voicing
voiceless
Place
palato-alveolar
Manner
stop
Class
consonant
In languages
62 / 500
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Cross-linguistic distribution

10
Languages with ʄ
6
Languages with both
62
Languages with c

6 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 ʄ, not c (4)

Angas Afro-Asiatic Maasai Nilotic IK Kuliak Sindhi Indo-European

Has c, not ʄ (20)

HAMER South Omotic ALLADIAN Atlantic-Congo AIZI Atlantic-Congo Gilyak Nivkh North Azerbaijani Turkic Komi-Zyrian Uralic Zuberoan Basque Basque Icelandic Indo-European Margi Afro-Asiatic Aymara Aymaran Cayapa Barbacoan Hupa Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Haida Haida Kunjen Pama-Nyungan Cham Austronesian Hakka Chinese Sino-Tibetan Yao Hmong-Mien Karen Sino-Tibetan Yay Tai-Kadai Andamanese Great Andamanese