The stop and the fricative halves of these affricates are at the same place of articulation: the stop is in fact postalveolar rather than alveolar.

• 严重时可能整个颚部纵向全裂，不过大部分的情形是单纯的软颚裂：最轻微的情况则是只有悬壅垂 (小舌) 有裂缝。