Voiced alveolar fricative
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Voiced alveolar fricatives are consonantal sounds. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents these sounds depends on whether a sibilant or non-sibilant fricative is being described.
- The symbol for an alveolar sibilant is Template:Angbr IPA. The IPA letter Template:Angbr is not normally used for dental or postalveolar sibilants in narrow transcription unless modified by a diacritic (Template:Angbr IPA and Template:Angbr IPA respectively).Template:Cn
- The IPA symbol for an alveolar non-sibilant fricative is derived by means of diacritics; it can be Template:Angbr IPA or Template:Angbr IPA.
| Dental | Denti- alveolar |
Alveolar | Post-alveolar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retracted | Retroflex | Palato- alveolar |
Alveolo- palatal | |||||
| Sibilant | plain | [[Voiced alveolar fricative#Voiced dental sibilant|Template:IPA]] | [[Voiced dental fricative#Voiced denti-alveolar sibilant|Template:IPA]] | [[Voiced alveolar fricative#Voiced alveolar sibilant|Template:IPA]] | [[Voiced alveolar fricative#Voiced alveolar retracted sibilant|Template:IPA]] | [[Voiced retroflex sibilant|Template:IPA]] | [[Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant|Template:IPA]] | [[Voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant|Template:IPA]] |
| Non-sibilant | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | |||||
| tapped | Template:IPA link | |||||||
Voiced alveolar sibilant
A voiced alveolar sibilant is common across European languages, but is relatively uncommon cross-linguistically compared to its 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 Template:IPA are languages of Europe, Africa, or Western Asia.Template:Citation needed
Features
- There are at least three specific variants of Template:IPA:
- Dentalized laminal alveolar (commonly called "dental"), which means it is articulated with the tongue blade very close to the upper front teeth, with the tongue tip resting behind lower front teeth. The hissing effect in this variety of Template:IPA is very strong.<ref name="PNFK">Template:Harvcoltxt, cited in Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>
- Non-retracted alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal. According to Template:Harvcoltxt about half of English speakers use a non-retracted apical articulation.
- Retracted alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue slightly behind the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal. Acoustically, it is close to Template:IPAblink or laminal Template:IPAblink.
Template:Voiced Template:Oral Template:Central articulation Template:Pulmonic
Occurrence
Dentalized laminal alveolar
Non-retracted alveolar
Retracted alveolar
Variable
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | StandardTemplate:Sfnp | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'clean' | Varies between dentalized laminal, non-retracted laminal and non-retracted apical.Template:Sfnp See Standard German phonology |
| Italian | StandardTemplate:Sfnp | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'case' | Varies between dentalized laminal and non-retracted apical.Template:Sfnp See Italian phonology |
| TicinoTemplate:Sfnp | Varies between dentalized laminal and non-retracted apical.Template:Sfnp Both variants may be labiodentalized.Template:Sfnp See Italian phonology | ||||
| Dutch | Belgian StandardTemplate:Sfnp | Template:Lang | Template:Audio-IPA | 'soap' | Laminal.Template:Sfnp See Dutch phonology |
| Northern StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp | Template:Audio-IPA | Laminal; may have only mid-to-low pitched friction. If not the main allophone, it is often retracted when preconsonantal, after rounded vowels and Template:IPA.Template:Sfnp See Dutch phonology | |||
| Template:Lang | Template:Audio-IPA | 'full', 'fed (up)' | |||
Voiced alveolar non-sibilant fricative
A voiced alveolar non-sibilant fricative is a consonantal sound. As the International Phonetic Alphabet does not have separate symbols for the alveolar consonants (the same symbol is used for all coronal places of articulation that are not palatalized), it can represent the sound as in a number of ways including Template:Angbr IPA and Template:Angbr IPA.
A few languages also have a voiced alveolar tapped fricative, which is simply a very brief apical alveolar non-sibilant fricative, with the tongue making the gesture for a tapped stop but not making full contact. It can be indicated in the IPA with the lowering diacritic to show that full occlusion does not occur, such as Template:Angbr IPA. Flapped fricatives are theoretically possible but are not attested.Template:Sfnp
Features
Template:Fricative However, it does not have the grooved tongue and directed airflow, or the high frequencies, of a sibilant. Template:Alveolar Template:Voiced Template:Oral Template:Central articulation Template:Pulmonic
Occurrence
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Notes
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