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Palato-alveolar ejective fricative

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palato-alveolar ejective fricative
ʃʼ
Audio sample
Encoding
X-SAMPAS_>

The palato-alveolar 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 ⟨ʃʼ⟩.

Features

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Features of the palato-alveolar ejective fricative:

Occurrence

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Language Word IPA Meaning
Adyghe пшӏы [pʃʼə] 'ten'
Gullah[1] shew [ʃʼɛw] 'shave'

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, L. D. (1969). Africanisms in the Gullah dialect. New York, NY: Arno Press. p. 240-241.
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