/ˈaɪ.pə/

cʰ vs ɟ

Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Stop vs Voiced Palato-Alveolar Stop

How these sounds differ

cʰ
Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Stop
Voicing
voiceless
Place
palato-alveolar
Manner
stop
Class
consonant
In languages
26 / 500
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ɟ
Voiced Palato-Alveolar Stop
Voicing
voiced
Place
palato-alveolar
Manner
stop
Class
consonant
In languages
54 / 500
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Cross-linguistic distribution

26
Languages with cʰ
12
Languages with both
54
Languages with ɟ

12 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 cʰ, not ɟ (14)

KHMU? Austroasiatic Icelandic Indo-European NYAH KUR Austroasiatic Hakka Chinese Sino-Tibetan Karen Sino-Tibetan Yay Tai-Kadai Cham Austronesian Kunjen Pama-Nyungan Hupa Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit Haida Haida Maidu Maiduan Aymara Aymaran Xhosa Atlantic-Congo Shigatse Tibetan Sino-Tibetan

Has ɟ, not cʰ (20)

DAJU Dajuic DANGALEAT Afro-Asiatic KONYAGI Atlantic-Congo MUINANE Boran BETE Kru Andamanese Great Andamanese Andoke Language isolate HAMER South Omotic ALLADIAN Atlantic-Congo AIZI Atlantic-Congo KOTOKO Afro-Asiatic Kharia Austroasiatic Cayapa Barbacoan Margi Afro-Asiatic Kadugli (Miri) Kadugli-Krongo Zuberoan Basque Basque Komi-Zyrian Uralic North Azerbaijani Turkic Gilyak Nivkh DYIRBAL Pama-Nyungan