The palato-alveolar ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The sound is represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet with ⟨t͡ʃʼ⟩. In some languages it is equivalent to a palatal ejective.

Features

Features of the palato-alveolar ejective affricate:

• Its manner of articulation is sibilant affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the air flow entirely, then directing it with the tongue to the sharp edge of the teeth, causing high-frequency turbulence.
• Its place of articulation is palato-alveolar, that is, domed (partially palatalized) postalveolar, which means it is articulated with the blade of the tongue behind the alveolar ridge, and the front of the tongue bunched up ("domed") at the palate.
• Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
• It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
• It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
• The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Adyghe		кӏако	[t͡ʃʼaːkʷa] (help·info)	'short'
Amharic		ጨረቃ	[t͡ʃʼərəkʼa] (help·info)	'moon'
Armenian	Yerevan dialect[1]	ճյուղ	[t͡ʃʼiʊ̯ʁ]	'branch'	Corresponds to tenuis [t͡ʃ⁼] in other Eastern dialects.
Avar		ворчӀами	[wort͡ʃʼami]	'hello'
Aymara		ch'uspa	[t͡ʃ'uspa]	'ch'uspa'
Georgian		ჭა	[t͡ʃʼɑ]	'well'	Noun, not adverb
Haida		jjabako	[t͡ʃʼabako]	'rock hyrax'
Hausa		tshanya	[t͡ʃʼanja]	'cricket'	Only found in western Hausa dialects
Kabardian		кӏэ	[t͡ʃʼa] (help·info)	'tail'
Keres		shchʼísạ	[ʃtʃʼísḁ]	'six'
Laz		ჭრაჭუნირი/ç̌raç̌uniri	[t͡ʃʼrat͡ʃʼuniri]	'squeaky'
Lushootseed		č̓uʔ	[t͡ʃʼʉʔ]	'one'
Mingrelian		ჭკიჭკიტია/čʼḳičʼḳiṭiɑ	[t͡ʃʼkʼit͡ʃʼkʼitʼia]	'ant'
Ossetian	Kudairag	Чъреба	[ˈt͡ʃʼɾebä]	'Tskhinval'
Q'eqchi'		ch'och'	[t͡ʃʼot͡ʃʼ]	'earth'
Quechua		ch'umpi	[t͡ʃʼʊmpɪ]	'brown'
Svan		ლენჭყ/lenčʼqʼ	[lɛnt͡ʃʼqʼ]	'marsh'
Tlingit		ch'eed	[t͡ʃʼit] (help·info)	'duck'