dental ejective fricative
{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
{{infobox IPA
|ipa symbol=θʼ
|x-sampa=T_>}}
The dental ejective fricative is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|θʼ}}.
Features
Features of the alveolar ejective fricative:
{{fricative}}
{{dental}}
{{voiceless short}}
{{oral}}
{{central articulation}}
{{ejective}}
Occurrence
{{IPA|[θʼ]}} occurs in Modern South Arabian languages and is also reconstructed for the hypothetical Proto-Semitic language.{{cite book
| last = Simeone-Senelle
| first = Marie-Claude
| contribution = The Modern South Arabian Languages
| year = 1997
| title = The Semitic Languages
| editor-last = Hetzron
| editor-first = Robert
| pages = 381–382
| place = London
| publisher = Routledge}}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Language !! Word !! IPA!! Meaning | |||
| colspan="2" | Mehri{{cn|date=March 2024}} | {{lang|gdq|diśkhawt̠̣{{'}}ā}} | {{IPA|[diɬχɑʊ̯θʼɑː]}} | 'to hate' |
| colspan="2" | Yapese{{cn|date=March 2024}} | {{lang|yap|th{{'}}abii}} | {{IPA|[θʼabiː]}} | 'most' |
See also
References
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External links
- {{phoible|θʼ}}
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