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The voiced dental fricative is a consonant sound used in some spoken languages.It is familiar to English-speakers as the th sound in father.Its symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is eth, or ð and was taken from the Old English and Icelandic letter eth, which could stand for either a voiced or unvoiced (inter)dental non-sibilant fricative.
A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together. [1] These may be the lower lip against the upper teeth, in the case of [f]; the back of the tongue against the soft palate in the case of German [x] (the final consonant of Bach); or the side of the tongue against the molars, in the case of Welsh [ɬ] (appearing twice in ...
The voiced uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʁ , an inverted small uppercase letter ʀ , or in broad transcription r if rhotic .
Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Hadza: tlhakate: c͜𝼆ʰakate "rhinoceros" (if dead) [2] Contrasts with ejective and aspirated forms. Although initial contact varies from alveolar to palatal, frication is always palatal. [3] tlaa: c͜𝼆aʔa "to meet, to follow"
The voiceless dental non-sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.It is familiar to most English speakers as the 'th' in think.Though rather rare as a phoneme among the world's languages, it is encountered in some of the most widespread and influential ones.
Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Burmese [1] အညာသား [ʔəɲàd̪͡ðá] 'grand' Common realization of /ð/. [1] English: Dublin [2] they [d̪͡ðeɪ̯] 'they' Corresponds to in other dialects; may be instead. [2] New York [3] Corresponds to in other dialects, may be a stop or a fricative instead. [3] [4] Cajun [4] New Zealand [5]
The other main theory is that the uvular R originated within Germanic languages by the weakening of the alveolar R, which was replaced by an imitation of the alveolar R (vocalisation). [4] Against the "French origin" theory, it is said that there are many signs that the uvular R existed in some German dialects long before the 17th century.
The voiced alveolar sibilant is common across European languages, but is relatively uncommon cross-linguistically compared to the voiceless variant. Only about 28% of the world's languages contain a voiced dental or alveolar sibilant. Moreover, 85% of the languages with some form of [z] are languages of Europe, Africa, or Western Asia ...