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.
| IPA – number | 103 (132) |
| IPA – text | d͡z |
| IPA – image | |
| Entity | ʣ |
| X-SAMPA | dz |
| Kirshenbaum | dz |
| Sound sample | |
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Features of the voiced alveolar affricate:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | апшʒa | [ˈapʂd͡za] | 'beautiful' | See Abkhaz phonology | |
| Albanian | xehe | [d͡zɛhɛ] | 'mineral' | ||
| Armenian | Eastern | ձյուն | [d͡zʏn] | 'snow' | |
| Western | ծակ | [d͡zɑg] | 'hole' | ||
| Azerbaijani | some Western dialects | example needed | -- | -- | corresponds to /ʤ/ and/or /ɟ/ in other dialects. |
| Catalan[1] | utilitzar | ?] | 'to use' | See Catalan phonology | |
| French | Quebec | samedi | [samˈd͡zi] | 'Saturday' | See Quebec French phonology |
| Georgian[2] | ძვალი | [d͡zvɑli] | 'bone' | ||
| Hungarian | bodza | [bod͡zːɒ] | 'elderberry' | See Hungarian phonology | |
| Italian[3] | zero | [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːɾo] | 'zero' | <z> may also represent /ts/. See Italian phonology | |
| Iu Mien | nzoc | [d͡zò] | 'drum' | ||
| Japanese | 水/mizu | [mʲiˈd͡zɯ] | 'water' | Some speakers. See Japanese phonology | |
| Kabardian | дзы | [d͡zɪ] | 'to throw' | ||
| Kabyle | Lz̗ayer | [ld͡zajər] | 'Algeria' | ||
| Macedonian | ѕвезда | [ˈd͡zvɛzda] | 'star' | ||
| Ngwe | Nwametaw dialect | [mə̀d͡zə̀] | 'path' | ||
| Occitan | Rhodanien Provençal | joine | [ˈd͡zujne] | 'young' | |
| Pashto | پنځه | [pind͡zə] | 'five' | ||
| Polish[4] | dzwon | [d͡zvɔn] | 'bell' | See Polish phonology | |
| Northern Qiang | ? | [ɣd͡zə] | 'rabbit' | ||
| Russian | плацдарм | [plɐd͡zˈdarm] | 'bridge-head' | Allophone of /t͡s/ before voiced consonants. See Russian phonology | |
| Ubykh | [məˈd͡za] | 'light' | See Ubykh phonology | ||
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