Voiceless postalveolar affricate

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Pulmonic Consonant
IPA: t͡ʃ
X-SAMPA: t_S
Kirshenbaum: tS
Place of Articulation: Postalveolar
Manner of Articulation: Affricate
Phonological features:

The voiceless postalveolar affricate is a quite common sound cross-linguistically. It often arises from t before a high vowel or j. Its voiced equivalent is . It can also be ejective, tʃʼ.

Postalveolar affricates in natlangs

English

Plain ch chin /tʃɪn/

Japanese

Plain ち (chi) 父 /titi/ [t͡ʃit͡ʃi]

Nahuatl

Plain ch tōchtli /toːtʃtɬi/

Spanish

Plain ch coche /kotʃe/

Postalveolar affricates in conlangs

Ithkuil

Plain č čuņ /tʃuŋ/
Aspirated čʰ čʰed /tʃʰed/
Ejective č’ qömč’oi /qœmtʃʼoi/

See Also