How these sounds differ
ɖʐ
Voiced Retroflex Affricate
- Voicing
- voiced
- Place
- retroflex
- Manner
- affricate
- Class
- consonant
- In languages
- 5 / 500
ʈʂ
Voiceless Retroflex Affricate
- Voicing
- voiceless
- Place
- retroflex
- Manner
- affricate
- Class
- consonant
- In languages
- 16 / 500
Cross-linguistic distribution
5
Languages with ɖʐ
4
Languages with both
16
Languages with ʈʂ
4 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.