ts vs d̻z̻

Voiceless Alveolar Affricate vs Voiced Alveolar Affricate

How these sounds differ

Voiceless Alveolar Affricate

Voicing: voiceless
Place: alveolar
Manner: affricate
Class: consonant
In languages: 112 / 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

112

Languages with ts

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 ts, not d̻z̻ (20)

Totonac Totonacan Zoque Mixe-Zoque Yuchi Language isolate Wichita Caddoan Nootka Wakashan Salish Salishan Squamish Salishan Navaho Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Chipewyan Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Malagasy Austronesian Chamorro Austronesian Atayal Austronesian Lakkia Tai-Kadai Garo Sino-Tibetan Yao Hmong-Mien Hakka Chinese Sino-Tibetan Kharia Austroasiatic Burushaski Language isolate Kabardian Abkhaz-Adyge Chontal Mayan

Has d̻z̻, not ts (2)

Polish Indo-European Ewe Atlantic-Congo