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| Alveolar ejective fricative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| sʼ | |||
| IPA number | 132 401 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | sʼ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0073 U+02BC | ||
| X-SAMPA | s_> | ||
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| Retracted alveolar ejective fricative | |
|---|---|
| s̠ʼ | |
| sᶴʼ | |
| Audio sample | |
Analveolar ejective fricative is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in some spokenlanguages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨sʼ⟩.
Features of an alveolar ejective fricative:
In many languages, it is allophonic with the affricate [ts'].[1]
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | Shapsug[citation needed] | сӏэ | [sʼa]ⓘ | 'name' | Corresponds to[tsʼ] in other dialects. |
| Amharic | [example needed] | More frequently realized as an allophone[t͡sʼ] | |||
| Ganza[2]: 101 | [sʼásʼà] | ‘fat, thick’ | |||
| Hausa[3] | tsutsa | [sʼusʼa] | 'worm' | Allophone of/tsʼ/ in some dialects | |
| Keres[citation needed] | s'eeka | [sʼeːkʰa] | 'sure' | ||
| Lakota[citation needed] | s'a | [sʼa] | 'habitually' | ||
| Tlingit[4] | sʼeek | [sʼiːkʰ]ⓘ | 'bear' | ||
| Upper Necaxa Totonac[5] | [ˈsʼa̰ta̰] | 'small' | |||
| Emberá-Catío[6] | /sʼokʰo/ [sʼokxo] | 'type of water jar' | |||