Voiceless alveolar fricative | |
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s | |
IPA Number | 132 |
Encoding | |
Entity(decimal) | s |
Unicode(hex) | U+0073 |
X-SAMPA | s |
Thevoiceless alveolar fricative is a type ofconsonant. The letter for this sound in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨s⟩. TheX-SAMPA symbol for this sound is⟨s⟩. TheEnglish language has this sound, and it is the sound represented by 's' insun andsorry.
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
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Adyghe | сэ/sė | [sa] | 'I' | |
Arabic | Modern Standard[1] | جَلَسَ/ǧalasa | [ˈdʒælæsɐ] | 'to sit' |
Assyrian | ܣܝܦܐsèpa | [seːpaː] | 'sword' | |
Bengali | রাস্তা | [raːst̪a] | 'street' | |
Burmese | စစားဗျီ/ca carr bhye | [sə sá bjì] | 'I am eating now' | |
Chinese | Cantonese | 閃 /sim2 | [siːm˧˥] | 'twinkle' |
Dutch | Belgian Standard[2] | staan | [staːn] | 'to stand' |
Emilian and Romagnol | sèl | [ˈs̺ʲɛːl] | 'salt' | |
Estonian | sõna | [ˈsɤnɑ] | 'word' | |
English | sit | [sɪt] | 'sit' | |
Esperanto | Esperanto | [espeˈranto] | 'Who hopes' | |
Faroese | sandur | [sandʊɹ] | 'sand' | |
Georgian[3] | სამი/sami | [ˈsɑmi] | 'three' | |
Hebrew | ספר/sefer | [ˈsefeʁ] | 'book' | |
Hindustani | साल /سال | [saːl] | 'year' | |
Japanese[4] | 複数形 /fukusūkē | [ɸɯkɯsɯːkeː] | 'plural' | |
Kabardian | сэ/sė | [sa] | 'I' | |
Khmer | អេស្ប៉ាញ /éspanh | [ʔeːpaːɲ] | noun: 'Spain' adjective: 'Spanish' | |
Korean | 섬 /seom | [sʌːm] | 'island' | |
Malay | satu | [satu] | 'one' | |
Maltese | iebes | [eaˈbes] | 'hard' | |
Marathi | साप | [saːp] | 'snake' | |
Nepali | सगरमाथा | [sʌɡʌrmät̪ʰä] | 'Mount Everest' | |
Odia | ସମାନ | [sɔmänɔ] | 'equal' | |
Occitan | Limousin | maichent | [mejˈsẽ] | 'bad' |
Persian | سیب /sib | [sib] | 'apple' | |
Portuguese[5] | caço | [ˈkasu] | 'I hunt' | |
Punjabi | ਸੱਪ/sapp | [səpː] | 'snake' | |
Spanish[6] | Latin American | saltador | [s̻al̪t̪aˈð̞o̞r] | 'jumper' |
Canarian | ||||
Andalusian | ||||
Filipino | ||||
Swahili | Kiswahili | [kiswaˈhili] | 'Swahili' | |
Sylheti | ꠢꠂꠍꠦ/oise | [ɔise] | 'done' | |
Vietnamese[7] | xa | [saː˧] | 'far' | |
Yi | ꌦsy | [sɻ̩˧] | 'die' |