Affricate

IPA: Affricate consonants

Sibilant	ts ⓘ	dz ⓘ	t̠ʃ ⓘ	d̠ʒ ⓘ
	ʈʂ ⓘ	ɖʐ ⓘ	tɕ ⓘ	dʑ ⓘ
Non- sibilant	p̪f ⓘ	b̪v ⓘ	t̠ɹ̠̊˔ ⓘ	d̠ɹ̠˔ ⓘ
	cç ⓘ	ɟʝ ⓘ	kx ⓘ	ɡɣ ⓘ
	qχ ⓘ	ɢʁ ⓘ	ʡʢ ⓘ	ʔh ⓘ
Lateral	tɬ ⓘ	dɮ ⓘ	ʈꞎ ⓘ	ɖ𝼅 ⓘ
	c𝼆 ⓘ	ɟʎ̝ ⓘ	k𝼄 ⓘ	ɡʟ̝ ⓘ
Ejective	tsʼ ⓘ	t̠ʃʼ ⓘ	ʈʂʼ ⓘ	kxʼ ⓘ
	qχʼ ⓘ	tɬʼ ⓘ	c𝼆ʼ ⓘ	k𝼄ʼ ⓘ

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An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal). It is often difficult to decide if a stop and fricative form a single phoneme or a consonant sequence. English has two affricate phonemes, /t͡ʃ/ and /d͡ʒ/, generally spelled ch and j, respectively.