Voiced Alveolo-palatal Affricate

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Voiced Alveolo-palatal Affricate

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Features of the voiced alveolo-palatal 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 Alveolo-palatal , that is, Palatalized Laminal Postalveolar , which means it is articulated with the blade of the Tongue behind the Alveolar Ridge , and the body of the tongue raised toward the Palate .

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

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 middle 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.

FOUND IN

In Serbian , Croatian and Bosnian ( Serbo-Croatian ), this sound is represented with Latin letter Đ/đ or Cyrillic letter Ђ/ђ . Etymologically , it occurs as result of Iotation of sound Voiced Alveolar Plosive , as in ''viđen < vid + jen'' or, occasionally, Voiceless Uvular Plosive , as in Đorđe .

In Polish , this sound is represented with letters dź.