Affricates and fricatives and are apical alveolar and . They may be somewhat fronted, so that the stop component is laminal denti-alveolar, while the fricative component is apical post-dental. is rare and may not be phonemic. In the Standard, intervocalic , e.g. ('sixteen'), and , e.g. ('maybe'), are recommended to be pronounced with a gemination of the stop element ( and , respectively. However this is not transcribed in standard transcriptions. Note is deaffricated to in verbs ending in and derivatives: ('to analyse'), ('organisation'). Also in words like ('horn'), ('horizon') and ('storehouse') (c.f. , 'kick' (from an animal)). , , (), and are described as back alveolo-palatal, or postalveolar. Valencian has preserved in most of its varieties the mediaeval voiced pre-palatal affricate (similar to the j in English "jeep") in contexts where other modern dialects have developed fricative consonants (like the si in English "vision"), e.g. ('Thursday'). Note the fricative (and ) appears only as a voiced allophone of (and ) before vowels and voiced consonants; e.g. ('oven fish'). Unlike other Catalan dialects, and do not geminate (in most accents): ('medic'), and ('car'). Exceptions may include learned terms like ('pidgin'). Final etymological is devoiced to : ('ugly'). and are apical back alveolar and , also described as postalveolar. In some dialects, is pronounced or after . In the Standard only is accepted after (in the inchoative form with → ), and after : ('they'). In some variants the result may be an affricate. Final is devoiced to (also represented as ): ('they buzzes'). and are labiodental. occurs in Balearic, Alguerese, Standard Valencian and some areas in southern Catalonia (e.g. , 'they lives'). It has merged with elsewhere. is realised as an approximant after continuants: ('advance'). This is not transcribed in this article. Final is devoiced to (also represented as ): ('save, except').
Affricates and fricatives and are apical alveolar and . They may be somewhat fronted, so that the stop component is laminal denti-alveola:r, while the fricative component is apical post-dental. is rare and may not be phonemic. In the Standard, intervocalic , e.g. ('sixteen'), and , e.g. ('maybe'), are recommended to be pronounced with a gemination of the stop element ( and , respectively. However this is not transcribed in standard transcriptions. Note is deaffricated to in verbs ending in and derivatives: ('to analyse'), ('organisation'). Also in words like ('horn'), ('horizon') and ('storehouse') (c.f. , 'kick' (from an animal)). , , (), and are described as back alveolo-palatal, or postalveolar. Valencian has preserved in most of its varieties the mediaeval voiced pre-palatal affricate (similar to the j in English "jeep") in contexts where other modern dialects have developed fricative consonants (like the si in English "vision"), e.g. ('Thursday'). Note the fricative (and ) appears only as a voiced allophone of (and ) before vowels and voiced consonants; e.g. ('oven fish'). Unlike other Catalan dialects, and do not geminate (in most accents): ('medic'), and ('car'). Exceptions may include learned terms like ('pidgin'). Final etymological is devoiced to : ('ugly'). and are apical back alveolar and , also described as postalveolar. In some dialects, is pronounced or after . In the Standard only is accepted after (in the inchoative form with → ), and after : ('they'). In some variants the result may be an affricate. Final is devoiced to (also represented as ): ('they buzze:s'). and are labiodental. occurs in Balearic, Alguerese, Standard Valencian and some areas in southern Catalonia (e.g. , 'they lives'). It has merged with elsewhere. is realised as an approximant after continuants: ('advance'). This is not transcribed in this article. Final is devoiced to (also represented as ): ('save, except').