How these sounds differ
ɟ̰
Voiced Palato-Alveolar Stop
- Voicing
- voiced
- Place
- palato-alveolar
- Manner
- stop
- Class
- consonant
- In languages
- 1 / 500
c
Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Stop
- Voicing
- voiceless
- Place
- palato-alveolar
- Manner
- stop
- Class
- consonant
- In languages
- 62 / 500
Cross-linguistic distribution
1
Languages with ɟ̰
1
Languages with both
62
Languages with c
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 c, not ɟ̰ (20)
ALLADIAN
Atlantic-Congo
AIZI
Atlantic-Congo
Gilyak
Nivkh
North Azerbaijani
Turkic
Komi-Zyrian
Uralic
Zuberoan Basque
Basque
Icelandic
Indo-European
Kadugli (Miri)
Kadugli-Krongo
Margi
Afro-Asiatic
Aymara
Aymaran
Cayapa
Barbacoan
Haida
Haida
Hupa
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Kunjen
Pama-Nyungan
Cham
Austronesian
Yay
Tai-Kadai
Hakka Chinese
Sino-Tibetan
Yao
Hmong-Mien
Karen
Sino-Tibetan
HAMER
South Omotic