A voiceless palatal affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are and . The tie bar may be omitted, yielding . This affricate also has an affricate ligature .
This sound is the non-sibilant equivalent of the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate.
A voiceless palatal affricate occurs in such languages as Hungarian and Skolt Sami, among others. The consonant is quite rare; it is mostly absent from Europe (with the Uralic languages and Albanian being exceptions). It usually occurs with its voiced counterpart, the voiced palatal affricate.
Features Features of a voiceless palatal affricate:
It is not a sibilant.
Occurrence Palatal Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Altai Northern Altai / 'no' Albanian Standard 'I cry' May merge with in some dialects. Retained as in some Tosk Albanian varieties, or alternatively . See Albanian language Asturian Western dialects 'woman' Alternate evolution of --, --, -, - and - in the Brañas Vaqueiras area of Western Asturias. May be also realized as or Kaingang soinh 'cranefly' Possible word-initial realization of . Greek Some dialects όχι / óchi 'no' Allophone of before front vowels. See Modern Greek phonology Korean 위키백과 / Wikibaekkwa 'Wikipedia' Allophone of before and . See Korean phonology Makassarese pacce 'empathic pain' Allophone of . Norman languageCentral dialectstcheure / tchuure'cook'Allophone of /c/. Navajo ashkii 'boy' Allophone of before the front vowels . See Navajo phonology Norwegian Central and Western dialects 'not' See Norwegian phonology Skolt Sami sääˊmǩiõll 'Skolt Sami'TamilTirunelveliகசப்பு / kacappu [kɐc͡çɐpːɯ]'bitterness'Realization of medial ச in Tirunelveli/Teṉpāṇṭi dialect. Contrasts with /s/ in most other dialects.-->Yakut / 'tea'Yinenchanixika'I am invited'May be instead.
Post-palatal
There is also a voiceless post-palatal or pre-velar affricate, which is articulated slightly more back compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical voiceless palatal affricate, though not as back as the prototypical voiceless velar affricate. The International Phonetic Alphabet does not have a separate symbol for that sound, though it can be transcribed as , (both symbols denote a retracted ), (advanced ), or (palatalized /, though this is more ambiguous than the others; see below).
Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Dutch 'biscuit' (dim.) Post-palatal; allophone of before . See Dutch phonology
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