Voiceless bidental fricative
{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
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| ipa symbol = h̪͆
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The voiceless bidental fricative is a rare consonantal sound found in one natural language, in the Shapsug dialect of Adyghe, where it appears as a variant of {{IPA|/x/}}.{{cite book |last1=Ladefoged |first1=Peter |first2=Ian |last2=Maddieson |year=1996 |title=The Sounds of the World's Languages |place=Oxford |publisher=Blackwell |isbn=978-0-631-19815-4|pages=144–145}}{{Cite book |last=Trask |first=R. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pT5PEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Voiceless+bidental+fricative%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA51 |title=A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology |date=2004-08-02 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-83101-2 |language=en}}
People with hypoglossia (abnormally small tongue) may use it for target {{IPA|/s/}}.{{cn|date=April 2025}}
Features
Features of the voiceless bidental fricative:
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- Its place of articulation is bidental, which means it is articulated with the lower and upper teeth pressed together.
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Occurrence
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! colspan="2"|Language !! Word !! IPA!! Meaning !! Notes | |||||
| Adyghe | Black Sea (Shapsug) dialect | {{lang|kbd-Cyrl|дахэ}} | {{IPA|[daːh̪͆a]}} | 'pretty' | Corresponds to {{IPA|[x]}} in other dialects. |