/ˈaɪ.pə/

ɟʱ vs c

Voiced Palato-Alveolar Stop vs Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Stop

How these sounds differ

ɟʱ
Voiced Palato-Alveolar Stop
Voicing
voiced
Place
palato-alveolar
Manner
stop
Class
consonant
In languages
2 / 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

2
Languages with ɟʱ
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 ɟʱ, not c (1)

Kharia Austroasiatic

Has c, not ɟʱ (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 Hupa Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Haida Haida Kunjen Pama-Nyungan Cham Austronesian Hakka Chinese Sino-Tibetan Yao Hmong-Mien Karen Sino-Tibetan Yay Tai-Kadai HAMER South Omotic