retroflex ejective affricate

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}

{{infobox IPA

| ipa symbol = ʈʂʼ

| ipa symbol2 = ꭧʼ

|x-sampa=t`s`_>}}

The retroflex 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 {{angbr IPA|ʈ͡ʂʼ}}, though it is frequently simplified to {{angbr IPA|tʂʼ}} or {{angbr IPA|ꭧʼ}}.

Features

Features of the retroflex ejective affricate:

{{sibilant affricate}}

{{retroflex}}

{{voiceless short}}

{{oral}}

{{central articulation}}

{{ejective}}

Occurrence

class="wikitable"

!Language!!Word!!IPA!!Meaning

Abkhaz{{Cite book |last=Chirikba |first=V. A. |title=Abkhaz |date=2003 |publisher=Lincom Europa |isbn=9783895861369 |series=Languages of the World/Materials |volume=119 |location=Muenchen |page=19 |language=en}}{{example needed|date=April 2020}}
Adyghe{{Cite web |date=2015-07-13 |title=Адыгейский язык: Спирантизация аффрикат |url=http://adygeya-republic.info/adyghe-language/detalno/foneticheskie-izmenenija-soglasnykh/spirantizacija-affrikat/ |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713055635/http://adygeya-republic.info/adyghe-language/detalno/foneticheskie-izmenenija-soglasnykh/spirantizacija-affrikat/ |archive-date=2015-07-13 |access-date=2024-03-01}}{{lang|ady|чӏыфэ}}{{Audio|Чӏыфэ.ogg|[ʈ͡ʂʼəfa]}}'debt'
Gwichʼin{{Cite web |title=Yukon Native Language Centre |url=http://ynlc.ca/gwichin.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315200124/http://ynlc.ca/gwichin.shtml |archive-date=15 March 2018 |access-date=15 March 2018 |website=Yukon Native Language Centre}}

| {{lang|gwi|etr{{`}}uu}}

|{{IPA|[ɛʈ͡ʂʼuː]}}

|'arctic tern'

Ubykh{{Cite book |last=Fenwick |first=Rohan S. H. |title=A Grammar of Ubykh |publisher=Lincom Europa |year=2011 |isbn=978-3-86288-050-8 |location=Munich}}

| colspan="2" |{{IPA|/ʈ͡ʂʼɜ/}}

|'good'

See also

References

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