Voiceless postalveolar affricates

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The term voiceless postalveolar affricates is used in phonetics and generally in linguistics to denote the affricate [tʃ]. Its first component [t] is formed at the alveoli , the dental dam , the second [ʃ] a little behind the dental dam, hence the name postalveolar . The combination [tʃ] is produced voiceless, ie without vibration of the vocal cords . In contrast, the affricate [dʒ] in Loggia is voiced. In phonetics, the question of whether affricates are just one sound or a combination of sounds is answered differently depending on the theoretical background.

In English, which appears voiceless affricate postalveolar the initial sound of the words Czech , bye , in the medial position of coach , slide and in the final sound of gossip , mud . The voiceless postalveolar affricate occurs in German in all word positions; it is given in writing with the letter combination ch ; other spellings are used for words with a very clear foreign character.

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