Voiced Alveolar Affricate

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Voiced Alveolar Affricate

Features of this consonant:

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 Alveolar , which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue against the Alveolar Ridge , termed respectively '' Apical '' and '' Laminal ''.

Its Phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.

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 Pulmonic Egressive , which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the Lung s and through the vocal tract, rather than from the Glottis or the mouth.

Occurs in

Telugu In old and modern Telugu, the letter 'j' is pronounced as alveolar affricate when followed by a non-frontal vowel. This sound is not found in other Dravidian Languages ;

most of Slavic Languages , where is almost always written as dz.