/ˈaɪ.pə/

t̠ʃː vs d̠ʒ

Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate vs Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate

How these sounds differ

t̠ʃː
Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate
Voicing
voiceless
Place
palato-alveolar
Manner
affricate
Class
consonant
In languages
16 / 500
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d̠ʒ
Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate
Voicing
voiced
Place
palato-alveolar
Manner
affricate
Class
consonant
In languages
139 / 500
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Cross-linguistic distribution

16
Languages with t̠ʃː
13
Languages with both
139
Languages with d̠ʒ

13 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 t̠ʃː, not d̠ʒ (3)

Maranungku Western Daly Delaware Algic Goajiro Arawakan

Has d̠ʒ, not t̠ʃː (20)

Pashto Indo-European Persian Indo-European Breton Indo-European IRISH Indo-European Kanuri Saharan Ga Atlantic-Congo Dagbani Atlantic-Congo Awiya Afro-Asiatic Margi Afro-Asiatic Angas Afro-Asiatic Ocaina Huitotoan Tewa Kiowa-Tanoan Ticuna Ticuna-Yuri Yuchi Language isolate Salish Salishan Iai Austronesian Sa'ban Austronesian Toba-Batak Austronesian Lahu Sino-Tibetan North Azerbaijani Turkic