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The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has this affricate, as in "hippos" and Aspirated "distance" (compare "tortoise", which shows that the plosive is not Epenthetic ), as well as a Voiced Labiodental Affricate , , as in "chin". There is no Voiceless Labiodental Fricative in this dialect of Tsonga, only a Voiceless Bilabial Fricative , as in "finished". (Among voiced fricatives, both and occur, however.) German has a similar sound, a Voiceless Bilabial-labiodental Affricate , as in ''Apfel'' 'apple'. This differs from a true labiodental affricate in that it starts out with a Bilabial Stop {Link without Title} . |
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