1. consonant sounds that begin as stops and end as fricatives, such as the sounds represented by ‘ch’ and ‘j’
Usage: linguistics; phonetics

Examples

• The English language contains two main affricatives: the voiceless ‘ch’ sound and the voiced ‘j’ sound.
• Students learning phonetics must distinguish between affricatives and other consonant types.
• The word ‘church’ begins and ends with affricatives.
• Affricatives combine features of both stop consonants and fricatives.
• Many languages have different sets of affricatives than English does.
• The pronunciation of affricatives can vary between dialects.