Affricates

Affricates are consonants that are made by combining a stop and a fricative. The two sounds are blended together so quickly that they sound like a single sound. The affricate sounds in English are /tʃ/ and /dʒ/. /tʃ/: This is the sound you make when you say "church." /dʒ/: This is the sound you make when you say "judge." Here are some examples of words that contain affricate sounds: church judge chip jump chat jazz

This group of sound consists from the following sounds: tʃ, j