The
voiced palato-alveolar sibilant affricate or
voiced domed postalveolar sibilant affricate, is a type of
consonantal sound, used in some
spoken languages. The sound is transcribed in the
International Phonetic Alphabet with (formerly the ligature ), or in
broad transcription , and the equivalent
X-SAMPA representation is . Alternatives commonly used in linguistic works, particularly in older or American literature, are , , , and . It is familiar to English speakers as the pronunciation of in
jump.