The voiced retroflex sibilant affricate is a type of
consonant
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al sound, used in some
spoken language
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s. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound is , sometimes simplified to or . It occurs in such languages as
Polish
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* Polish language
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(the laminal affricate ''dż'') and
Northwest Caucasian languages (apical).
Features
Features of the voiced retroflex affricate:
Occurrence
See also
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Index of phonetics articles
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Retroflex consonants
Affricates
Pulmonic consonants
Voiced oral consonants
Central consonants