What are affricates?
Q: What are affricates?
A: Affricates are consonants that are said with a stop with a fricative immediately afterwards.
Q: Can both voiced and voiceless affricates exist?
A: Yes, both voiced and voiceless affricates exist.
Q: What are examples of voiced and voiceless affricates in English?
A: In English, the examples of voiced and voiceless affricates are /d͡ʒ/ (the 'j' sound) and /t͡ʃ/ (the 'ch' sound) respectively.
Q: How are affricates in Mandarin Chinese told apart?
A: Affricates in Mandarin Chinese are told apart by aspiration or breathiness since voiced affricates do not exist.
Q: What are the aspirated affricates in Mandarin Chinese?
A: The aspirated affricates in Mandarin Chinese are /t͡ɕʰ/ (written as 'q' in Hanyu Pinyin), /t͡sʰ/ ('c'), and /ʈ͡ʂʰ/ ('ch').
Q: What are the unaspirated affricates in Mandarin Chinese?
A: The unaspirated affricates in Mandarin Chinese are /t͡ɕ/ ('j'), /t͡s/ ('z'), and /ʈ͡ʂ/ ('zh').
Q: How do you write the 'ch' and 'j' sounds in IPA?
A: The 'ch' sound is written as /t͡ʃ/ in IPA, and the 'j' sound is written as /d͡ʒ/ in IPA.
