033 CH as in Church and DZH as in Judge
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Another pair of voiced and unvoiced sounds is CH and DZH. Phonetically, CH is written as T followed by the symbol for SH. T plus SH gives us CH as in
Church
Match
Nature
Notice that this sound isn’t only indicated by a C and H spelling.
DZH is written phonetically as D followed by the symbol for ZH. D plus ZH gives us DZH as in
Judge
German
Age
Soldier
Again, notice that this sound can be found in several different spellings!
Where both these sounds can go wrong is when a speaker lets air escape over the sides of their tongue into the sides of their mouth which can sound like this
To correct this, focus the flow of air straight into the alveolar ridge (the gum line just above your front teeth).
Let’s practice the unvoiced CH sound with all the vowels.