Labiodental ejective fricative
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨fʼ⟩ in IPA
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A labiodental 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 ⟨fʼ⟩.
Features
Features of a labiodental ejective fricative:
- Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
- Its place of articulation is labiodental, which means it is articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is an oral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
- Because the sound is not produced with airflow over the tongue, the median–lateral dichotomy does not apply.
- The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.
Occurrence
| Family | Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Caucasian | Abkhaz | апа | [afʼa] | 'thin' | Only found in this word, which is pronounced as [afʼa] only by some speakers, pronounced [apʼa] by the majority.[1] |
| Chontal | Highland Oaxaca Chontal | ɫof'aneh | [ɬofʼaneʔ] | 'corn cob' | |
| Northwest Caucasian | Kabardian | фӏыцӏэ / ḟıše / ڡہڗە | ⓘ | 'black' | Corresponds to [ʃʷʼ] in Adyghe.[2] |
| Oceanic | Yapese[3] | f'aang | [fʼaːŋ] | 'type of eel' |
