ʈʰː vs ɖ

Voiceless Retroflex Stop vs Voiced Retroflex Stop

How these sounds differ

ʈʰː

Voiceless Retroflex Stop

Voicing: voiceless
Place: retroflex
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 3 / 500

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Voiced Retroflex Stop

Voicing: voiced
Place: retroflex
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 48 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with ʈʰː

Languages with both

Languages with ɖ

3 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 ɖ, not ʈʰː (20)

Burushaski Language isolate PAIWAN Austronesian MORO Heibanic MABA Maban LELEMI Atlantic-Congo Konkani Indo-European Koya Dravidian RUKAI Austronesian DIYARI Pama-Nyungan Brahui Dravidian BEJA Afro-Asiatic Andamanese Great Andamanese Kashimiri Indo-European Pashto Indo-European Awiya Afro-Asiatic Iai Austronesian Bhumij Austroasiatic Kota Dravidian Marathi Indo-European Telugu Dravidian