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English Written Spain T͡s Voiceless Alveolar Affricate Sounds

Symbol t͡s
Name Voiceless Alveolar Affricate
Notes Sounds like English cats, but in English this is a combination of two sounds: [ts]. Old Spanish used to have this sound, written ç or c: çielo, coraçon. Eventually, about 300 years ago it became [θ] in northern Spain and [s] in parts of southern Spain and in all of the the Americas.  It's typically written without the ligature on top and as a single unit symbol: [ʦ].
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