/ˈaɪ.pə/
t̠ʃː is the IPA symbol for the Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate, a voiceless palato-alveolar affricate consonant. It appears in 16 of 500 languages (3% cross-linguistic frequency).
t̠ʃː

Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate

Consonant · voiceless

No audio available for this symbol
Languages using this sound 16 / 500
Cross-linguistic frequency 3%

One of the rarer sounds in human language.

Type consonant

Voiced/voiceless pair

d̠ʒ
Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate
voiced
 Compare t̠ʃː vs d̠ʒ →

Articulation

Every speech sound is defined by three properties: its class (consonant, vowel, or tone), its place of articulation (where in the vocal tract it is formed — lips, teeth, palate, etc.), its manner (how airflow is controlled — stopped, funneled into a fricative, channeled through the nose), and its voicing (whether the vocal cords vibrate during production).

Class
Consonant
Voicing
Voiceless
Place
Palato-alveolar
Manner
Affricate

Languages using this sound

This sound appears in 16 of the 500 languages in our database. Languages that use a sound only in loanwords or in rare, specialized contexts are marked as marginal (*) — the sound exists but is not a core part of the phonological system. Click any language to view its full sound inventory.

Maranungku Yakut Mahas-Fiyadikka Maltese Goajiro Delaware Hindi-Urdu Japanese Punjabi Italian Amharic fulfulde (NGA) Hungarian Tigrinya Kurukh Tigre

Related sounds

t̠ʃ Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate t̠ʃʰ Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate t̠ʃˀ Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate ʝ Voiced Palato-Alveolar Fricative tsʰ Voiceless Alveolar Affricate tsʷʰ Voiceless Alveolar Affricate tsʷʼ Voiceless Alveolar Affricate tsʼ Voiceless Alveolar Affricate