labiodental ejective fricative
{{Short description|Consonantal sound represented by ⟨fʼ⟩ in IPA}}
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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 {{angbr IPA|fʼ}}.
Features
Features of the labiodental ejective fricative:
{{fricative}}
{{labiodental}}
{{voiceless short}}
{{oral}}
{{central-lateral}}
{{ejective}}
Occurrence
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!Family ! Language !! Word !! IPA!! Meaning !! Notes | ||||
| Northwest Caucasian | {{lang|kbd-Cyrl|апа}} | [afʼa] | 'thin' | Only found in this word, which is pronounced as [afʼa] only by some speakers, pronounced [apʼa] by the majority. p257, Hewitt, B. G. 1989. Abkhaz. Croom Helm Descriptive Grammars. |
| Chontal
|ɫof'aneh |[ɬofʼaneʔ] |'corn cob' | | ||||
| Northwest Caucasian | {{lang|kbd-Cyrl|фӏыцӏэ}} / {{lang|kbd-Latn|ḟıše}} / {{lang|kbd-Arab|ڡہڗە}} | {{Audio-IPA|Фӏыцӏэ.ogg|[fʼət͡sʼa]}} | 'black' | Corresponds to {{IPA|[ʃʷʼ]}} in Adyghe.Colarusso, John. 1992. A Grammar of the Kabardian Language. |
| Oceanic
|Yapesep32, Ballantyne, Keira Gebbie. 2005. Textual Structure and Discourse Prominence in Yapese Narrative. Doctoral dissertation, University of Hawai'i. | f'aang | {{IPA|[fʼaːŋ]}} | 'type of eel' |
Notes
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See also
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References
- Colarusso, John. 1992. A Grammar of the Kabardian Language. University of Calgary Press.
External links
- {{phoible|fʼ}}
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