ɖ vs ʈ

Voiced Retroflex Stop vs Voiceless Retroflex Stop

How these sounds differ

Voiced Retroflex Stop

Voicing: voiced
Place: retroflex
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 48 / 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 ɖ

Languages with both

Languages with ʈ

42 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 ɖ, not ʈ (6)

Awiya Afro-Asiatic LELEMI Atlantic-Congo PAIWAN Austronesian Norwegian Indo-European Fɔn Atlantic-Congo Kabiyɛ Atlantic-Congo

Has ʈ, not ɖ (14)

Kadugli (Miri) Kadugli-Krongo Central Arrernte Pama-Nyungan Maung Iwaidjan Proper Djapu Pama-Nyungan Cham Austronesian YANYUWA Pama-Nyungan Wubuy Gunwinyguan Nyangumata Pama-Nyungan Alawa Mangarrayi-Maran Kharia Austroasiatic Kalkatungu Pama-Nyungan GARAWA Garrwan Western Desert Pama-Nyungan Manipuri Sino-Tibetan