Voiced alveolar affricate

Voiced alveolar affricate
d͡z
ʣ
Image
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	ʣ
Unicode (hex)	U+02A3
X-SAMPA	dz
Kirshenbaum	dz
Sound

The voiced alveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The sound is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet with ⟨d͡z⟩ or ⟨d͜z⟩ (formerly ⟨ʣ⟩).

Features

Features of the voiced alveolar 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 voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
• 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 pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Abkhaz		аʒы	[ɑˈd͡zɨ]	'water'	See Abkhaz phonology
Adyghe		дзы	[d͡zə]	'to throw'
Albanian		xehe	[d͡zɛhɛ]	'mineral'
Armenian	Eastern	ձուկ	[dzuk]	'snow'
	Western	ծակ	[d͡zɑɡ]	'hole'
Azerbaijani	some Western dialects	example needed	--	--	corresponds to /d͡ʒ/ and/or /ɟ/ in other dialects.
Berber	Kabyle	Lz̗ayer	[ld͡zajər]	'Algeria'
Catalan		dotze	[ˈdodd͡zə]	'twelve'	See Catalan phonology
French	Quebec	samedi	[samˈd͡zi]	'Saturday'	See Quebec French phonology
Georgian		ძვალი	[d͡zvɑli]	'bone'
Hungarian		bodza	[bod͡zːɒ]	'elderberry'	See Hungarian phonology
Italian		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'
Macedonian		ѕвезда	[ˈd͡zvɛzda]	'star'	See Macedonian phonology
Ngwe	Nwametaw dialect	[mə̀d͡zə̀]		'path'
Occitan	Rhodanien Provençal	joine	[ˈd͡zujne]	'young'
Pashto		پنځه	[pind͡zə]	'five'
Polish		dzwon	[d͡zvɔn]	'bell'	See Polish phonology
Northern Qiang		?	[ɣd͡zə]	'rabbit'
Russian		плацдарм	[plɐd͡zˈdarm]	'bridge-head'	Allophone of /t͡s/ before voiced consonants. See Russian phonology
Slovak		sadzba	[sad͡zba]	'tariff'
Ubykh		[məˈd͡za]		'light'	See Ubykh phonology
Ukrainian		дзвін	[d͡zwin]	'bell'	See Ukrainian phonology
West Frisian		widze	[ʋɪd͡zǝ]	'cradle'
Yi		ꋩ/zzy	[d͡zɪ˧]	'ride'

See also

• List of phonetics topics

Bibliography

• Hualde, José (1992), Catalan, Routledge, ISBN 0415054982 
• Jassem, Wiktor (2003), "Polish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 33 (1): 103–107 
• Rogers, Derek; d'Arcangeli, Luciana (2004), "Italian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34 (1): 117–121 
• Shosted, Ryan K.; Vakhtang, Chikovani (2006), "Standard Georgian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 36 (2): 255–264