Palato-alveolar ejective affricate

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Palato-alveolar ejective affricate
t͡ʃʼ
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The palato-alveolar ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The sound is represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet with ⟨t͡ʃʼ⟩. In some languages it is equivalent to a palatal ejective.

Features

Features of the palato-alveolar ejective affricate:

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• 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
Avar		ВорчӀами	[wort͡ʃʼami]	'hello'
Lushootseed		č̓uʔ	/t͡ʃˈuʔ/	'one'
Tlingit		ch'áak'	[t͡ʃʼáːkʼ]	'bald-headed eagle'

See also

• List of phonetic topics