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Fricative consonants

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fricative consonant

A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together. These may be the lower lip against the upper teeth, in the case of ; the back of the tongue against the soft palate in the case of German (the final consonant of Bach); or the side of the tongue against the molars, in the case of Welsh (appearing twice in the name Llanelli). This turbulent airflow is called frication.

voiceless palato‐alveolar fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless dental fricative

consonantal sound

voiced bilabial fricative

consonantal sound

voiced dental fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless bilabial fricative

consonantal sound

voiced velar fricative

consonantal sound

voiced palato‐alveolar sibilant

consonantal sound

voiceless velar fricative

consonantal sound

voiced labiodental fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless labiodental fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless palatal fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless alveolar fricative

consonantal sound

voiced palatal fricative

consonantal sound

voiced alveolar fricative

consonantal sound

voiced uvular fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless retroflex sibilant

consonantal sound

voiceless uvular fricative

consonantal sound

voiced retroflex sibilant

consonantal sound

voiced alveolar lateral fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless alveolar lateral fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant

consonant used in some oral languages

voiceless pharyngeal fricative

consonantal sound

voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant

consonantal sound

voiced epiglottal fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless epiglottal fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless palatal-velar fricative

The '''sj-sound' ( ) is a voiceless fricative phoneme found in the sound system of most dialects of Swedish. It has a variety of realisations, whose precise phonetic characterisations are a matter of debate, but which often feature distinct labialization. The sound is represented in Swedish orthography by a number of spellings, the most common of which are (from which the common Swedish name for the sound is derived), , , and (before front vowels) ; if considered in complementary distribution with , up to 65 different spellings for the phoneme have been identified in native words and loanwords

alveolar ejective fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless labio-velar approximant

consonantal sound

voiceless retroflex lateral fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless linguolabial fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless velar lateral fricative

consonantal sound

alveolar lateral ejective fricative

consonantal sound

voiced linguolabial fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless palatal lateral fricative

consonantal sound

voiced retroflex lateral fricative

consonantal sound

voiced velar lateral fricative

consonantal sound

retroflex ejective fricative

consonantal sound

Castilian desonorization

phonemic distinction between /θ/ and /s/ historically and today

voiced palatal lateral fricative

consonantal sound

uvular ejective fricative

consonantal sound

labiodental ejective fricative

consonantal sound

palato-alveolar ejective fricative

consonantal sound

bilabial ejective fricative

consonantal sound

alveolo-palatal ejective fricative

consonantal sound

dental ejective fricative

consonantal sound

velar ejective fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless labial-palatal approximant

consonant sound

voiceless bidental fricative

consonantal sound