The voiceless retroflex sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨t̠͡ʂ⟩, sometimes simplified to ⟨tʂ⟩ or ⟨ꭧ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is ts`.
The affricate occurs in a number of languages: Features of the voiceless retroflex affricate: Symbols to the right in a cell are voiced, to the left are voiceless.
Shaded areas denote articulations judged impossible.
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