Voiceless alveolar affricate

Voiceless alveolar affricate
ts
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Voiceless dental sibilant affricate
t̪s̪
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The voiceless alveolar affricate is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not phonemic in English but is very similar to the ts in cats. It is in some Slavic languages where it is written with the letter c.