Labiodental ejective fricative
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The labiodental ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨fʼ⟩.
Features[]
Features of the labiodental ejective fricative:
- Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
- Its place of articulation is labiodental, which means it is articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.
Occurrence[]
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
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Abkhaz | апа | [afʼa] | 'thin' | Only found in this word, which is pronounced as [afʼa] only by some speakers, pronounced [apʼa] by the majority. [1] |
Highland Oaxaca Chontal | ɫof'aneh | [ɬofʼaneʔ] | 'corn cob' | |
Kabardian | фӏыцӏэ | ![]() |
'black' | Corresponds to [ʃʷʼ] in Adyghe.[2] |
Yapese[3] | f'aang | [fʼaːŋ] | 'type of eel' |
Notes[]
See also[]
- List of phonetic topics
References[]
- Colarusso, John. 1992. A Grammar of the Kabardian Language. University of Calgary Press.
External links[]
- List of languages with [fʼ] on PHOIBLE
Categories:
- Fricative consonants
- Labiodental consonants
- Linguistics stubs
- Ejectives
- Oral consonants