The alveolo-palatal ejective affricate is a type of
consonantal sound, which was attested in Ubykh. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨tɕʼ⟩.
Features
Features of the alveolo-palatal ejective affricate:
Its
manner of articulation is
affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
Dumézil, Georges (1965), Documents anatoliens sur les langues et les traditions du Caucase, III: Nouvelles études oubykhs, Paris: Librairie A. Maisonneuve
Fenwick, Rohan S. H. (2011), A Grammar of Ubykh, Munich: Lincom Europa