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Consonantal sound represented by ⟨fʼ⟩ in IPA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 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⟩.
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Features of the labiodental ejective fricative:
Family | Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
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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 | 'black' | Corresponds to [ʃʷʼ] in Adyghe.[2] | |
Oceanic | Yapese[3] | f'aang | [fʼaːŋ] | 'type of eel' |