Labiodental ejective fricative

Labiodental ejective fricative
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Sound
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The labiodental ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, reported in the Kabardian language.^[1] The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨fʼ⟩.

Features [edit]

Features of the 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 air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Kabardian		фӀь	[fʼə]	'good'	Corresponds to [ʃʷʼ] in Adyghe.
Yapese		f'aang	[fʼaːŋ]	(sp. eel)^{[clarification needed]}

Colarusso, John. 1992. A Grammar of the Kabardian Language. University of Calgary Press.