Voiceless postalveolar affricate - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Voiceless postalveolar affricate
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The voiceless post-alveolar affricate is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is in English and is written as ch or tch, as in chat and match. The sound is made by starting with [t] and following it with [ʃ]