Fricative consonant

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A fricative (also fricative, Tight sound, Konstriktiv, spirant, spirant, sibilant ) is a named after its manner of articulation consonant, such as f, s, v, for

In his articulation of a constriction is formed, which swirls the air flowing and produces the fricative. Fricatives may be voiceless or voiced. A large subset of fricatives are the sibilants, which are formed in the front mouth area and are characterized by an audible whistling or hissing.

The International Phonetic Alphabet has the following fricatives:

  • [ ɸ ] voiceless bilabial fricative
  • [ β ] Voiced bilabial fricative
  • [ f] voiceless labiodental fricative
  • [v ] voiced labiodental fricative
  • [ θ ] voiceless dental fricative
  • [ ð ] voiced dental fricative
  • [s ] voiceless alveolar fricative
  • [z ] voiced alveolar fricative
  • [ ɬ ] voiceless alveolar lateral fricative
  • [ ɮ ] Voiced alveolar lateral fricative
  • [ ʃ ] voiceless postalveolar fricative
  • [ ʒ ] voiced postalveolar fricative
  • [ ʂ ] voiceless retroflex fricative
  • [ ʐ ] voiced retroflex fricative
  • [ ç ] voiceless palatal fricative ( I - Sound)
  • [ ʝ ] voiced palatal fricative
  • [ x] voiceless velar fricative ( Ah - sound)
  • [ ɣ ] Voiced velar fricative
  • [ χ ] voiceless uvular fricative ( Ah - sound)
  • [ ʁ ] Voiced uvular fricative
  • [ ħ ] voiceless pharyngeal fricative
  • [ ʕ ] Voiced pharyngeal fricative
  • [h ] voiceless glottal fricative
  • [ ɦ ] voiced glottal fricative
  • [ s'] alveolar fricative ejektiver

IPA symbol table Other:

  • [ ʍ ] voiceless fricative labialvelarer
  • [ ʑ ] Voiced fricative alveolopalataler
  • [ ɕ ] voiceless fricative alveolopalataler
  • [ ɧ ] voiceless velar fricative dorsopalataler
  • [ ʢ ] Voiced fricative epiglottaler
  • [ ʜ ] voiceless fricative epiglottaler
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