Voiced alveolar affricate

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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 

Contents

Features

Features of the voiced alveolar affricate:

Occurrence

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] ვალი [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 /mizu [mʲiˈd͡zɯ] 'water' Some speakers. See Japanese phonology
Kabardian дзы [d͡zɪ] 'to throw'
Kabyle Layer [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

See also

References

  1. ^ Hualde (1992:370)
  2. ^ Shosted & Chikovani (2006:255)
  3. ^ Rogers & d'Arcangeli (2004:117)
  4. ^ Jassem (2003:103)

Bibliography