The voiceless palatal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in some vocal languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨c⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is c
.
Voiceless palatal plosive | |
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c | |
IPA number | 107 |
Audio sample | |
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Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) | c |
Unicode (hex) | U+0063 |
X-SAMPA | c |
Braille |
Voiceless alveolo-palatal plosive | |
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c̟ | |
t̠ʲ |
If distinction is necessary, the voiceless alveolo-palatal plosive may be transcribed as ⟨c̟⟩ (advanced ⟨c⟩) or ⟨t̠ʲ⟩ (retracted and palatalized ⟨t⟩), but these are essentially equivalent, because the contact includes both the blade and body (but not the tip) of the tongue. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbols are c_+
and t_-'
or t_-_j
, respectively. There is also a non-IPA letter U+0236 ȶ LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH CURL; ⟨ȶ⟩ ("t", plus the curl found in the symbols for alveolo-palatal sibilant fricatives ⟨ɕ, ʑ⟩), which is used especially in sinological circles.
It is common for the phonetic symbol ⟨c⟩ to be used to represent voiceless postalveolar affricate [t͡ʃ] or other similar affricates, for example in the Indic languages. This may be considered appropriate when the place of articulation needs to be specified and the distinction between plosive and affricate is not contrastive.
Voiceless alveolo-palatal plosive | |
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c̠ | |
k̟ |
There is also the voiceless post-palatal plosive[1] in some languages, which is articulated slightly more back compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical palatal consonant, though not as back as the prototypical velar consonant. The International Phonetic Alphabet does not have a separate symbol for that sound, though it can be transcribed as ⟨c̠⟩ (retracted ⟨c⟩) or ⟨k̟⟩ (advanced ⟨k⟩). The equivalent X-SAMPA symbols are c_-
and k_+
, respectively.
Especially in broad transcription, the voiceless post-palatal plosive may be transcribed as a palatalized voiceless velar plosive (⟨kʲ⟩ in the IPA, k'
or k_j
in X-SAMPA).
Features of the voiceless palatal stop:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Albanian[2] | shqip | [ʃcip] | 'Albanian' | Merged with [t͡ʃ] in Gheg Albanian and some speakers of Tosk Albanian.[3] | |
Asturian | Western dialects[4] | muyyer | [muˈceɾ] | 'woman' | Alternate evolution of -lj-, -c'l-, pl-, cl- and fl- in the Brañas Vaqueiras area of Western Asturias. May be also realized as [c͡ç] or [ɟ͡ʝ] |
Amuzgo | Xochistlahuaca variety[5] | tyaáⁿ | [cã́] | 'clumsy; a clumsy person' | |
Azerbaijani | کئچی/keçi | [ceˈt͡ʃi] | 'goat' | Can realize as "t͡ʃ̟" in Tabriz accent | |
Basque | ttantta | [cäɲcä] | 'droplet' | ||
Blackfoot | ᖳᖽᖾᖳᐡ / akikoan | [aˈkicoan] | 'girl' | Allophone of /k/ after front vowels. | |
Breton | Gwenedeg | kenn | [cɛ̃n] | 'dandruff' | Realization of /k/ before front vowels. |
Bulgarian | Banat dialect | kaćétu (каќету or какьету) | [kacetu] | 'as' | See Bulgarian phonology |
Catalan | Majorcan[6] | qui | [ˈci̞] | 'who' | Dento-alveolo-palatal or palatal.[7] Corresponds to /k/ in other varieties. See Catalan phonology |
Corsican | chjodu | [ˈcoːdu] | 'nail' | Also present in the Gallurese dialect | |
Croatian | već | [vec] | 'already' | Dialect of the Croatian Littoral | |
Czech | čeština | [ˈt͡ʃɛʃc̟ɪna] | 'Czech' (language) | Alveolo-palatal or alveolar.[8] See Czech phonology | |
Dawsahak | [cɛːˈnɐ] | 'small' | |||
Dinka | car | [car] | 'black' | ||
Ega[9] | [cá] | 'understand' | |||
French[7] | qui | [ci] | 'who' (int.) | Ranges from alveolar to palatal. See French phonology | |
Friulian | cjase | [caze] | 'house' | ||
Ganda | caayi | [caːji] | 'tea' | ||
Gweno | [ca] | 'to come' | |||
Hakka | Meixian | 飛機 / fi1 gi1 | [fi˦ ci˦] | 'plane' | Allophone of /k/ before /i/. |
Hokkien | Taiwanese | 機車 / ki-tshia | [ciː˧ t͡ɕʰia˥] | 'motorcycle' | |
Hungarian[10] | tyúk | [c̟uːk] | 'hen' | Alveolo-palatal.[8] See Hungarian phonology | |
Icelandic | gjóla | [ˈc̟ouːlä] | 'light wind' | Alveolo-palatal.[8] See Icelandic phonology | |
Irish | ceist | [cɛʃtʲ] | 'question' | Alveolo-palatal or palatal.[8] See Irish phonology | |
Khasi | boit | [bɔc] | 'dwarf' | ||
Khmer | ចាប / chab | [caːp] | 'bird' | Contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. | |
Kinyarwanda | ikintu | [iciːnɦuʰ] | 'thing' | ||
Kurdish | Northern | kîso | [cʰiːsoː] | 'tortoise' | Allophone of /kʰ/ before /ɨ/, /ɛ/, /iː/, and /eː/. See Kurdish phonology |
Central | کیسەڵ | [cʰiːsæɫ] | |||
Southern | [cʰiːsaɫ] | ||||
Latvian | ķirbis | [ˈcirbis] | 'pumpkin' | See Latvian phonology | |
Low German | Plautdietsch | kjoakj | [coac] | 'church' | Corresponds to [kʲ] in all other dialects.[clarification needed] |
Macedonian | вреќа | [ˈvrɛca] | 'sack' | See Macedonian phonology | |
Malay | Kelantan-Pattani | cita | [ci.tɔʔ] | 'feeling' | Palatal,[11] allophone of /tʃ/. See Malay phonology |
Indonesian | cari | [cari] | 'to find' | ||
Norwegian | Central dialects[12] | fett | [fɛcː] | 'fat' | See Norwegian phonology |
Northern dialects[12] | |||||
Occitan | Limousin | tireta | [ciˈʀetɒ] | 'drawer' | |
Auvergnat | tirador | [ciʀaˈdu] | |||
Western Gascon | chifra | [ˈcifrə] | 'digit' | Corresponds to [tʃ] and sometimes [dʒ] in eastern dialects | |
Romanian[13] | chin | [cin] | 'torture' | Allophone of /k/ before /i/ and /e/. See Romanian phonology. Also in some northern dialects | |
Romansh | Sursilvan[14] | notg | [nɔc] | 'night' | |
Sutsilvan[15] | tgàn | [caŋ] | 'dog' | ||
Surmiran[16] | vatgas | [ˈvɑcɐs] | 'cows' | ||
Puter[17] | zücher | [ˈtsycər] | 'sugar' | ||
Vallader[18] | müs-chel | [ˈmyʃcəl] | 'moss' | ||
Slovak[8] | ťava | [ˈcava] | 'camel' | See Slovak phonology | |
Spanish | Canarian | choco | [ˈc̟oko] | 'cuttlefish' | Alveolo-palatal. Used to be voiced.[19] Corresponds to [t͡ʃ] in other dialects of Spanish (speakers from other areas of Spain mishear it as [ʝ]). |
Turkish | köy | [cʰœj] | 'village' | See Turkish phonology | |
Vietnamese[20] | chị | [ci˧ˀ˨ʔ] | 'elder sister' | May be slightly affricated [tᶝ ]. See Vietnamese phonology | |
West Frisian | tjems | [cɛms] | 'strainer' | See West Frisian phonology | |
Western Desert | kutju | [kucu] | 'one' | ||
Damin | dunji-kan | [t̺un̺t̠ʲi kan̺] | 'go' |
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Belarusian | кіслы | [ˈk̟is̪ɫ̪ɨ] | 'acidic' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩. See Belarusian phonology | |
Catalan[21] | qui | [k̟i] | 'who' | Allophone of /k/ before front vowels.[21] See Catalan phonology | |
Danish | Standard[22] | gidsel | [ˈk̟isəl] | 'hostage' | Allophone of /ɡ/ before front vowels.[22] See Danish phonology |
English[23][24] | keen | 'keen' | Allophone of /k/ before front vowels and /j/.[23][24] See English phonology | ||
back | bæc̠ | back | Mainstream Irish English realisation of /k/ after front vowels.[25] | ||
German | Standard[26][27] | Kind | [k̟ʰɪnt] | 'child' | Allophone of /k/ before and after front vowels.[26][27] See Standard German phonology |
Greek[28] | Μακεδνός | 'Makedon' | See Modern Greek phonology | ||
Italian | Standard[29] | chi | 'who' | Allophone of /k/ before /i, e, ɛ, j/.[29] See Italian phonology | |
Japanese | 九 / kyū | [k̟ÿː] | 'nine' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩, allophone of /kj/. See Japanese phonology | |
Polish | kiedy | [ˈk̟ɛdɨ] | 'when' | See Polish phonology | |
Portuguese | qui | [k̟i] | 'Chi' | Allophone of /k/ before front vowels. See Portuguese phonology | |
Romanian[30] | ochi | [o̞k̟] | 'eye' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩. See Romanian phonology | |
Russian | Standard[31] | кит / kit | [k̟it̪] | 'whale' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩. See Russian phonology |
Spanish[32] | kilo | [ˈk̟ilo̞] | 'kilo(gram)' | Allophone of /k/ before front vowels.[32] See Spanish phonology | |
Tidore | yaci | [jaci] | 'to rip' | ||
Ukrainian | uk|кінчик /kinchyk | 'tip' | Can also be transcribed in IPA with ⟨kʲ⟩, but is an allophone of /k/ before front vowels. See Ukrainian phonology | ||
Vietnamese | [example needed] | Final allophone of /c/. See Vietnamese phonology |