Voiced postalveolar affricate

Voiced postalveolar affricate
d̠ʒ
dʒ
IPA number104 134
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Entity (decimal)d​̠​ʒ
Unicode (hex)U+0064 U+0320 U+0292
X-SAMPAd_Z or dZ

A voiced palato-alveolar sibilant affricate, voiced post-alveolar affricate, or voiced domed postalveolar sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is familiar to English-speakers as the "j" sound in "jump".

This sound is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet with ⟨d͡ʒ⟩, ⟨d͜ʒ⟩, ⟨dʒ⟩, or in some broad transcriptions ⟨ɟ⟩ (though this is the symbol for a voiced palatal plosive). There is also a ligature ⟨ʤ⟩, which has been retired by the International Phonetic Association but is still used. Alternatives used in the Americanist tradition are ⟨ǰ⟩, ⟨ǧ⟩, ⟨ǯ⟩ and ⟨dž⟩.

Features

Features of a voiced postalveolar affricate:

Occurrence

LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Abkhazаџыр[ad͡ʒər]'steel'See Abkhaz phonology
Adygheджанэ[d͡ʒaːna]ⓘ'dress'
Albanianxham[d͡ʒam]'glass'
Amharicእንጀራ[ɨnd͡ʒəra]'injera'
ArabicModern Standard[1]جَـرَس[d͡ʒaras]'bell'In other standards and dialects, corresponds to [ɡ] or [ʒ]. See Arabic phonology
Hejazi جــيب/jēb [d͡ʒe̞ːb] 'pocket' Pronounced [ʒ] by some speakers. See Hejazi Arabic phonology
ArmenianEastern[2]ջուր[d͡ʒuɾ]'water'
Westernճանճ[d͡ʒɑnd͡ʒ]'musca (fly)'
Assyrianܓ̰ܝܪܐ s[d͡ʒjɑɾɑ]'to pee'Used in native terminology. Used predominantly in Urmia and some Jilu dialects. [ɟ] is used in other varieties.
Azerbaijanican[d͡ʒɑn]'soul'
Bengaliজল[d͡ʒɔl]'water'Contrasts with the aspirated form. See Bengali phonology
Bulgarianджудже[d͡ʒʊˈd͡ʒɛ]'dwarf'See Bulgarian phonology
CatalanSome speakersmitjà[mi̞(d)ˈd͡ʒa]'means'Its pronunciation varies between an alveolo-palatal [d͡ʑ] and a postalveolar [d͡ʒ] fricative. See Catalan phonology
Some Valencian speakersjoc[ˈd͡ʒɒ̝k]'game'
Chechenджерво / jyerwo[d͡ʒjerwo]'previously married woman'
ChineseQuzhou dialect重 / zon[d͡ʒõ]'heavy'
Copticϫⲉ/je[d͡ʒe]'that'
Czechdžbán[d͡ʒbaːn]'jug'See Czech phonology
Dhivehi ޖަރާސީމު / jarásímu [d͡ʒaraːsiːmu] 'germs' See Dhivehi phonology
Dutchjeans[d͡ʒiːns]'jeans'Some say [ʒiːns]. Occurs mainly in loanwords.
Englishjeans[ˈd͡ʒiːnz]'jeans'See English phonology
Esperantomanĝaĵo[manˈd͡ʒaʒo̞]'food'See Esperanto phonology
Estonian džäss [ˈd̥ʒæsː] 'jazz' Rare, occurs only in loanwords. See Estonian phonology
Finnish džonkki [ˈdʒo̞ŋkːi] 'junk (ship)' Rare, occurs only in loanwords. See Finnish phonology
Frenchadjonction[ad͡ʒɔ̃ksjɔ̃]'addition'Rare. Also occurs in loanwords. See French phonology
Georgian[3]ჯიბე/jibe[d͡ʒibɛ]'pocket'
GermanStandard[4]Dschungel[ˈd͡ʒʊŋəl]'jungle'Laminal or apico-laminal and strongly labialized.[4] Some speakers may merge it with /t͡ʃ/. Occurs mainly in loanwords. See Standard German phonology
Goemai[d͡ʒaːn]'twins'
HebrewStandardג׳וק/juk[d͡ʒuk]'cockroach'Only used in loanwords. See Modern Hebrew phonology
Temaniגָּדוֹל‎/jaďol[d͡ʒaðol]'big, great'Yemenite Hebrew pronunciation of gimel with dageš. See Yemenite Hebrew
Hindustani Hindiजाना/jānā[d͡ʒäːnäː]'to go'Contrasts with aspirated form. See Hindustani phonology
Urdu جـانا/jānā
Hungarianlándzsa[laːnd͡ʒɒ]'spear'Rare, mostly in loanwords. See Hungarian phonology
Indonesian jarak[ˈd͡ʒaraʔ]'distance'
Irishjíp[dʒiːpʲ]'jeep'Only used in loanwords. (loan consonant) See Irish phonology
Italian[5]gemma[ˈd͡ʒɛmma]'gem'[dʒ] occurs when letter 'G' is before front vowels [e], [i] and [ɛ], while when 'G' is in front of vowels [o], [a], [u] and [ɔ] the phoneme changes to a voiced velar plosive.
Kabylelǧiran[id͡ʒiræn]'the neighbors'
Kashmiri جانوَر [d͡ʒaːnʋar] 'animal'
Kashubian[6]dłudżi[ˈdwu.d͡ʒi]'long'
Khortha[7]जओनअइर[d͡ʒonʱair]'maize'
KurdishNortherncîger[d͡ʒiːˈɡɛɾ]'lung'See Kurdish phonology
Central جــەرگ [d͡ʒɛɾg] 'liver'
Southern [d͡ʒæɾg]
Kyrgyzжаман / caman[d͡ʒaman]'bad'See Kyrgyz phonology
Ladinodjudyó/גﬞודיו[d͡ʒudˈjo]'Jew'
Latviandadži[dad͡ʒi]'thistles'See Latvian phonology
LimburgishHasselt dialect[8]djèn[d͡ʒɛːn²]'Eugene'See Hasselt dialect phonology
Lithuaniandžiaugsmingas[d͡ʒɛʊɡʲsʲˈmʲɪnɡɐs]'gladsome'See Lithuanian phonology
Macedonianџемпер/džemper[ˈd͡ʒɛmpɛr]'sweater'See Macedonian phonology
Malayjahat[d͡ʒahat]'evil'
Malayalam ജീവൻ/jeevan [d͡ʒiːʋɐn] 'life' See Malayalam phonology
Malteseġabra[d͡ʒab.ra]'collection'
Manchuᠵᡠᠸᡝ/juwe[d͡ʒuwe]'two'
Marathiजय/jay[d͡ʒəj]'victory'Contrasts with the aspirated form. Allophone [dʑ] and [d̪z]. See Marathi phonology
OccitanLanguedocienjove[ˈd͡ʒuβe]'young'See Occitan phonology
Provençal[ˈd͡ʒuve]
Odiaଜମି/jami[d͡ʒɔmi]'land'Contrasts with aspirated form.See Odia phonology
Ojibweiijikiwenh[iːd͡ʒikiwẽːʔ]'brother'See Ojibwe phonology
Pashtoجــګ/jeg[d͡ʒeɡ]'high'
Persianکـجـا/koja[kod͡ʒɒ]'where'See Persian phonology
PolishStandardliczba[ˈlid͡ʐ.ba]'number'
Gmina Istebnadziwny[ˈd͡ʒivn̪ɘ]'strange'/ɖ͡ʐ/ and /d͡ʑ/ merge into [d͡ʒ] in these dialects. In standard Polish, /d͡ʒ/ is commonly used to transcribe what actually is a laminal voiced retroflex affricate.
Lubawa dialect[9]
Malbork dialect[9]
Ostróda dialect[9]
Warmia dialect[9]
PortugueseMost Brazilian dialects[10]grande[ˈɡɾɐ̃d͡ʒ(i)]'big'Allophone of /d/ before /i, ĩ/ (including when the vowel is elided) and other instances of [i] (e.g. epenthesis), marginal sound otherwise.
Most dialectsjambalaya[d͡ʒɐ̃bɐˈlajɐ]'jambalaya'In free variation with /ʒ/ in a few recent loanwords. See Portuguese phonology
Romanianger[ˈd͡ʒɛ̝r]'frost'See Romanian phonology
SardinianCampidanesegéneru[ˈd͡ʒɛneru]'son-in-law'
Scottish GaelicDia[d͡ʒia]'God'See Scottish Gaelic phonology
Serbo-CroatianSome speakersџем / džem[d͡ʒê̞m]'jam'May be laminal retroflex instead, depending on the dialect. See Serbo-Croatian phonology
Bosnianђаво / đavo[d͡ʒâ̠ʋo̞ː]'devil'Most Croatian and some Bosnian speakers merge /d͡ʒ/ and /d͡ʑ/, either to [d͡ʒ] or laminal [ɖ͡ʐ].
Croatian
SilesianGmina Istebna[11]These dialects merge /ɖ͡ʐ/ and /d͡ʑ/ into [d͡ʒ].
Jablunkov[11]
Slovene enačba [eˈnáːd͡ʒbà] 'equation' Allophone of /t͡ʃ/ before voiced obstruents in native words. As a phoneme present only in loanwords. See Slovene phonology
Somalijoog[d͡ʒoːɡ]'stop'See Somali phonology
Spanishconllevar[kondʒeˈβaɾ]'carry'Rare, more commonly [ʝ], [ɟʝ], or [ʒ]. See Spanish phonology, Yeísmo.[12]
Tagalogdiyan[d͡ʒän]'there'Used to pronounce the multigraphs ⟨dy⟩ and ⟨diy⟩ in native words and ⟨j⟩ in loanwords outside Spanish. For more information, see Tagalog phonology.
Tamilஇஞ்சி[in̠ʲd͡ʒi]'ginger'Allophone of /tʃ/ after /ɲ/ natively; also occurs in loans, but the standard form tends to merge to /s/ or /tʃ/ elsewhere. See Tamil phonology.
Tatar Mishar Dialect[13] can / җан [d͡ʒɑn] 'soul' In standard Tatar (Kazan dialect), the sound for letter <c/җ> is [ʑ].
Turkishacı[äˈd͡ʒɯ]'pain'See Turkish phonology
Turkmenjar[d͡ʒär]'ravine'
Tyapjem[d͡ʒem]'hippopotamus'
Ubykhamcan[amd͡ʒan]See Ubykh phonology
Ukrainian[14]джерело/džerelo[d͡ʒɛrɛˈlɔ]'source'See Ukrainian phonology
Uyghurcoza / جوزا[d͡ʒozɑ]'desk'See Uyghur phonology
Uzbekjahon / жаҳон[d͡ʒaˈhɒn]'world'
Welshsiop jips[ʃɔp d͡ʒɪps]'chip shop'Occurs as the colloquial soft mutation of /t͡ʃ/. See Colloquial Welsh morphology
West Frisiansiedzje[ˈʃɪd͡ʒə]'to sow'See West Frisian phonology
Yiddishדזשוכע/juche[d͡ʒʊxə]'insect'See Yiddish phonology
ZapotecTilquiapan[15]dxan[d͡ʒaŋ]'god'

Voiced postalveolar non-sibilant affricate

Voiced postalveolar non-sibilant affricate
d̠ɹ̠˔
dɹ̝˗
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Features

  • Its manner of articulation is affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
  • Its place of articulation is postalveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue behind the alveolar ridge.
  • Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
  • It is an oral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
  • It is a median consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream down the midline of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
  • Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air only with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most speech sounds.

Occurrence

LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
EnglishAustralian[16]dream[ˈd̠͡ɹ̠᷵iːm]'dream'Phonetic realization of the stressed, syllable-initial sequence /dr/.[16][17] In General American and Received Pronunciation, the less common alternative is alveolar [d͡ɹ̝].[17] See Australian English phonology and English phonology
General American[17][ˈd̠͡ɹ̠᷵ʷim]
Received Pronunciation[17][ˈd̠͡ɹ̠᷵ʷɪi̯m]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Watson (2002:16)
  2. ↑ Dum-Tragut (2009:13)
  3. ↑ Shosted & Chikovani (2006:255)
  4. 1 2 Mangold (2005:51–52)
  5. ↑ Rogers & d'Arcangeli (2004:117)
  6. ↑ Jerzy Treder. "Fonetyka i fonologia". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  7. ↑ Paudyal, Netra P. (2025). A Grammar of Khortha, in Brill's Studies in South and Southwest Asian Languages. Leiden: Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004712676. ISBN 978-90-04-71266-9.
  8. ↑ Peters (2006:119)
  9. 1 2 3 4 Dubisz, Karaś & Kolis (1995:62)
  10. ↑ Barbosa & Albano (2004:228)
  11. 1 2 Dąbrowska (2004:?)
  12. ↑ Lipski, John M. (1989). "SPANISH YEÍSMO AND THE PALATAL RESONANTS: TOWARDS A UNIFIED ANALYSIS" (PDF). Probus. 1 (2). doi:10.1515/prbs.1989.1.2.211. S2CID 170139844.
  13. ↑ Leitzinger, Antero: Mishäärit – Suomen vanha islamilainen yhteisö. Helsinki: Kirja-Leitzinger, 1996. ISBN 952-9752-08-3. (p. 45)
  14. ↑ Danyenko & Vakulenko (1995), p. 4.
  15. ↑ Merrill (2008:108)
  16. 1 2 Cox & Fletcher (2017), p. 144.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Cruttenden (2014), pp. 177, 186–188, 192.

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