tsʼ vs d̻z̻

Voiceless Alveolar Affricate vs Voiced Alveolar Affricate

How these sounds differ

tsʼ

Voiceless Alveolar Affricate

Voicing: voiceless
Place: alveolar
Manner: affricate
Class: consonant
In languages: 41 / 500

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d̻z̻

Voiced Alveolar Affricate

Voicing: voiced
Place: alveolar
Manner: affricate
Class: consonant
In languages: 2 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with tsʼ

Languages with both

Languages with d̻z̻

0 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 tsʼ, not d̻z̻ (20)

Aymara Aymaran Mazahua Otomanguean Otomi Otomanguean Tewa Kiowa-Tanoan Zuni Language isolate Pomo Pomoan Lak Nakh-Daghestanian Kabardian Abkhaz-Adyge Chipewyan Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Chasta Costa Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Navaho Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Squamish Salishan Salish Salishan Nootka Wakashan Kwakiutl Wakashan Wichita Caddoan Yuchi Language isolate Chontal Mayan Tzeltal Mayan Iraqw Afro-Asiatic

Has d̻z̻, not tsʼ (2)

Polish Indo-European Ewe Atlantic-Congo