ᶑ vs ʈ

Voiced Retroflex Stop vs Voiceless Retroflex Stop

How these sounds differ

ᶑ

Voiced Retroflex Stop

Voicing: voiced
Place: retroflex
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 3 / 500

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Voiceless Retroflex Stop

Voicing: voiceless
Place: retroflex
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 56 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with ᶑ

Languages with both

Languages with ʈ

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 ᶑ, not ʈ (2)

Dan Mande Somali Afro-Asiatic

Has ʈ, not ᶑ (20)

DIYARI Pama-Nyungan Brahui Dravidian BEJA Afro-Asiatic Andamanese Great Andamanese Central Arrernte Pama-Nyungan Kashimiri Indo-European Pashto Indo-European Kadugli (Miri) Kadugli-Krongo Alawa Mangarrayi-Maran Wubuy Gunwinyguan Maung Iwaidjan Proper Nyangumata Pama-Nyungan Western Desert Pama-Nyungan Iai Austronesian Cham Austronesian Kharia Austroasiatic Bhumij Austroasiatic Kota Dravidian Burushaski Language isolate RUKAI Austronesian