Voiced postalveolar affricate
The voiced palato-alveolar sibilant affricate, voiced post-alveolar affricate or voiced domed postalveolar sibilant affricate, is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The sound is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet with , or in some broad transcription, and the equivalent X-SAMPA representation is dZ
. Alternatives commonly used in linguistic works, particularly in older or American literature, are,,, and. It is familiar to English speakers as the pronunciation of in jump.Features
Features of the voiced postalveolar affricate:Occurrence
Voiced postalveolar non-sibilant affricate
Features