Voiced alveolar affricate
The voiced alveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is d͡z (previously ʣ) , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is dz.
Features
Features of the voiced alveolar affricate:
- Its manner of articulation is sibilant affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then directing it through a groove in the tongue and over the sharp edge of the teeth, causing high-frequency turbulence.
- Its place of articulation is alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
- Its phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the center of the tongue, rather than the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is pulmonic egressive, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottis or the mouth.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | апшʒa | ˈapʂdza | 'beautiful' | See Abkhaz phonology | |
| Albanian | xehe | [dzɛhɛ] | 'mineral' | ||
| Armenian | Eastern | ձյուն | [dzʏn] | 'snow' | |
| Western | ծակ | dzɑg | 'hole' | ||
| Azerbaijani | some Western dialects | example needed | -- | -- | corresponds to /ʤ/ and/or /ɟ/ in other dialects. |
| French | Quebec | samedi | [samˈdzi] | 'Saturday' | See Quebec French phonology |
| Georgian | ძვალი | [dzvali] | 'bone' | ||
| Italian | zero | [ˈdzɛro] | 'drum' | <z> may also represent /ts/. See Italian phonology | |
| Iu Mien | nzoc | [dzò] | 'drum' | ||
| Japanese | example needed/. | -- | -- | Some speakers. See Japanese phonology | |
| Kabardian | дзы | [dzɪ] | 'to throw' | ||
| Kabyle | Lz̗ayer | [ldzajər] | 'Algeria' | ||
| Macedonian | ѕвезда | [ˈdzvɛzda] | 'star' | ||
| Ngwe | Nwametaw dialect | [mə̀dzə̀] | 'path' | ||
| Occitan | Provençal | joine | [ˈdzujne] | 'young' | |
| Pashto | پنځه | [pindzə] | 'five' | ||
| Polish | dzwon | [ʣvɔn] | 'bell' | See Polish phonology | |
| Northern Qiang | ? | [ɣdzə] | 'rabbit' | ||
| Ubykh | example needed | -- | See Ubykh phonology | ||
