alveolo-palatal ejective fricative

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}

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The alveolo-palatal 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 {{angbr IPA|ɕʼ}}.

Features

Features of the alveolo-palatal ejective fricative:

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{{central articulation}}

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Occurrence

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! colspan="2"| Language !! Word !! IPA!! Meaning !! Notes

AdygheAbzakh{{lang|ady-Cyrl|щӏэ}}{{IPA|[ɕʼa]}}'new'Dialectal. Corresponds to {{IPA|[t͡ʃʼ]}} in other dialects.
colspan="2" | Kabardian{{lang|kbd-Cyrl|пщӀы}}{{Audio-IPA|Pshaa.ogg|[pɕʼə]}}'ten'

See also