Voiceless alveolar sibilant
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| s | |
|---|---|
| Pulmonic Consonant | |
| IPA: | s |
| X-SAMPA: | s |
| Kirshenbaum: | s |
| Place of Articulation: | Alveolar |
| Manner of Articulation: | Fricative (Sibilant) |
| Phonological features: | [+consonantal] [+contin-artic] [+contin-acous] [+delayed release] [+CORONAL] [+anterior] [+strident] |
The voiceless alveolar sibilant is a very common sound, occuring in many languages. Its voiced equivalent is z, and it is part of the affricate ts.
Voiceless alveolar sibilants in natlangs
| Plain | s | sit /sɪt/ |
| Voiced | s | dogs /dɒgs/ [dɒgz] |
| Plain | さ, す, せ, そ (sa,su,se,so) | 桜 (sakura) /sakura/ |
| Retracted | し (shi) | 手裏剣 (shuriken) /sjuriken/ [ʃɯɽikeɴ] |
| Plain | s | sol /sol/ |
| Plain | z, c(i, e) | cihuātl /siwaːtɬ/ |
