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Voiced postalveolar affricate

IPA - Unicode
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X-SAMPA dZ
Kirshenbaum dZ
Sound sample

The voiced postalveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is [dʒ], and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is [dZ].

In English

The voiceless postalveolar affricate occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the letter 'g' in giraffe and the letter 'j' in jump.

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