θ vs ʝ̟

Voiceless Alveolar Fricative vs Voiced Alveolar Fricative

How these sounds differ

Voiceless Alveolar Fricative

Voicing: voiceless
Place: alveolar
Manner: fricative
Class: consonant
In languages: 23 / 500

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ʝ̟

Voiced Alveolar Fricative

Voicing: voiced
Place: alveolar
Manner: fricative
Class: consonant
In languages: 0 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with θ

Languages with both

Languages with ʝ̟

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 θ, not ʝ̟ (20)

MURSI Surmic Karen Sino-Tibetan Lakkia Tai-Kadai Yay Tai-Kadai Iai Austronesian Asmat Nuclear Trans New Guinea Chipewyan Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Tewa Kiowa-Tanoan Mapudungun Araucanian Andamanese Great Andamanese RUKAI Austronesian Huastec Mayan Spanish Indo-European English (New Zealand) Indo-European Egyptian Arabic Afro-Asiatic Swahili Atlantic-Congo Greek Indo-European Lebanese Arabic Afro-Asiatic Turkmen Turkic Dholuo Nilotic