Phoneme: j
IPA: [tʃ]
j [tʃ]: voiceless unaspirated post-alveolar affricate
Word: shijizh [ʃɪtʃɪʒ] “it’s crushed"
Description: A voiceless unaspirated affricate j [tʃ] is in stem initial position, intervocalic, preceded by the s-perfective 3rd person singular si [sɪ], harmonized to the stem as shi [ʃɪ].
