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Graphemes for /ts/ and Related Phonemes

/ts/ - voiceless alveolar affricate

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
ast-Latn <ts> muntsu ‘many’ Only south-central Asturias
bec-Latn <c> ɔcalɛ ‘bridge’, cile ‘cover’
de-Latn <tz> Katze ‘cat’
de-Latn <t> Information ‘information’ ‹ti› as in -tion, -tiär, -tial, -tiell
de-Latn <z> Zeit ‘time’
ha-Latn <ts> tsarki ‘holiness’ May be realized as [ts], [ts'], or [s'].
ii-Latn <z> zie ‘straight’
ne-Deva <च> चामल ‘uncooked rice’

/tsʰ/ - aspirated voiceless alveolar affricate

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
ii-Latn <c> ce ‘salt’
ne-Deva <छ> छत्तीस ‘thirty-six’

/tsʷ/ - labialized voiceless alveolar affricate

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
bec-Latn <cw> cwa ‘accuse’, icwe ‘shame’

/t̪s/ - voiceless dental affricate

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
ru-Cyrl <тьс> нра́виться ‘to like’
ru-Cyrl <ц> цена́ ‘price’ Preceding either a vowel, a voiceless consonant, or ‹л, м, н, р, в›, or if word-final

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