Alveolar ejective affricate

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Alveolar ejective affricate
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The alveolar ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨t͡sʼ⟩.

Features

Features of the alveolar ejective affricate:

  • Its manner of articulation is sibilant affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the air flow entirely, then directing it with the tongue to 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 at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
  • Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
  • It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
  • It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
  • The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Abaza хъацIа/qac'a [qat͡sʼa] 'man'
Adyghe папцӀэ/pápc'a [pʰaːpt͡sʼa]ⓘ 'sharp'
Amharic ፀጉር/cegur [ʦʼəgur] 'hair'
Armenian Yerevan dialect ծառ/caŕ [t͡sʼɑr] 'tree' Corresponds to tenuis [t͡s⁼] in other Eastern dialects.
Avar мацӀ/mac' [mat͡sʼ] 'language'
Chechen цIе/c'e/ ڗە [t͡sʼe] 'name'
Georgian[1] წელი/c'eli [t͡sʼeli] 'year'
Hadza zzapale [t͡sʼapaɾe] 'digging stick'
Haida ttsanskkaagid [t͡sʼanskʼaːkit] 'beams'
Hausa tsoro [t͡sʼoro] 'fear'
Kabardian цӀэ / çe / ڗە [t͡sʼa]ⓘ 'name'
Lak цIа / ċа / ڗا [t͡sʼa] 'name'[2]
Laz Atina-Artasheni dialect წუნა/ǯuna [t͡sʼunɑ] 'pain' or 'ache'
Vitse dialect წკუნა/ǯǩuna [t͡sʼk’unɑ]
Lushootseed c̓uʔkʷs [t͡sʼoʔkʷs] 'seven'
Nuxálk xłp̓x̣ʷłtłpłłskʷc̓ [xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskwht͡sʼ] 'he had had in his possession a bunchberry plant'
Ossetian Iron цъæх/c'ah [t͡sʼəχ] 'blue' or 'green'
Q'eqchi' tzʼiʼ [t͡sʼiʔ] 'dog'
Tlingit tsʼankwaat [t͡sʼankʷʰaːtʰ] 'spider'

See also

  • List of phonetic topics

References

  1. ^ Shosted, Ryan K.; Chikovani, Vakhtang (2006). "Standard Georgian" (PDF). Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 36 (2): 255–264. doi:10.1017/S0025100306002659. ISSN 1475-3502.
  2. ^ лакско-русский словарь Link
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