A voiced retroflex sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is or , often simplified to . There is also a ligature , which has been retired by the International Phonetic Association but is still used.
A laminal variant occurs in Polish dż, and apical variants in the Indo-Aryan languages.
Features Features of a voiced retroflex affricate:
Occurrence Language Word IPA Meaning NotesAsturianSome dialects['ɖ͡ʐunä]'moon'Corresponds to in other dialects. See Che Vaqueira Belarusian джаз 'jazz' Laminal. See Belarusian phonology Chinese Wu 'to grow' Only found in a few Wu dialects. Some Mandarin speakers 'Guangzhou' Khowar 'chain' - Polish Standard 'genie' Laminal; transcribed by most Polish scholars. See Polish phonology Southeastern Cuyavian dialects 'bell' Some speakers. A result of hypercorrecting the more popular merger of and into . Suwałki dialect Northern Qiang 'star' Serbo-Croatian / 'pocket' Apical. It may be palato-alveolar instead, depending on the dialect. See Serbo-Croatian phonology Slovak 'juice' Laminal. Torwali 'long' Contrasts with a palatal affricate. Yi / 'tooth'
Voiced retroflex non-sibilant affricate
The non-sibilant counterpart is a voiced retroflex non-sibilant affricate, which may occur in Malagasy. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is or .
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Occurrence
Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Malagasyandriana'nobility'Also described as regular plosives, trilled affricates and sibilant affricates.
See also Voiced retroflex lateral affricate Voiceless retroflex affricate Index of phonetics articles
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