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Postalveolar Ejective Affricate

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Features

Features of the postalveolar ejective affricate:

Its Manner Of Articulation is Sibilant Affricate , which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then directing it through a groove in the tongue and over the sharp edge of the teeth, causing high-frequency Turbulence .

Its Place Of Articulation is ''palato-alveolar'', that is, domed (partially Palatalized ) Postalveolar , which means it is articulated with the front of the Tongue behind the Alveolar Ridge , and the body of the tongue bunched up ("domed") at the Palate .

Its Phonation type 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.

It is a Central Consonant , which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the center of the tongue, rather than the sides.

The Airstream Mechanism is Glottalic Egressive , which means it is produced by pushing air with the Glottis , rather than with the Diaphragm .

See also

List Of Phonetic Topics