affricate

Speech parts

1. affricate - Noun

2. affricate - Verb

Meaning

a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

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Examples

Clicks may be oral or nasal, stop or affricate, central or lateral, voiced or voiceless. Source: Internet

A doubled aspirated affricate has a longer hold in the stop portion and then has a release consisting of the fricative and aspiration. Source: Internet

Consonants The consonant system is more complicated, and its characteristic features are series of affricate and palatal consonants. Source: Internet

Despite this variation, there are some common characteristics to nearly all of the dialects of New Latin, for instance: * The use of a sibilant fricative or affricate in place of a stop for the letters c and sometimes g, when preceding a front vowel. Source: Internet

In the westernmost parts of the Basque country, only the apical s and the alveolar affricate tz are used. Source: Internet

The letter t corresponds to the affricate /tʃ/ in some words as a result of yod-coalescence (for example, in words ending in "-ture", such as future). Source: Internet

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