Voiceless dental fricative

of a voiceless dental fricative Features of a voiceless dental non-sibilant fricative: It does not have the grooved tongue and directed airflow, or the high frequencies, of a sibilant. ==Occurrence==

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A voiceless dental approximant is reported for some dialects of Chilean Spanish. The International Phonetic Alphabet has no dedicated symbol that represents this sound, but it may be transcribed as (a lowered ). Features Features of a voiceless dental approximant: As with the dental fricatives, it may also be interdental. Occurrence ==Voiceless denti-alveolar sibilant==

A voiceless denti-alveolar sibilant is the only sibilant fricative in some dialects of Andalusian Spanish and the main realization of the phoneme in most dialects of Acehnese. It has no official symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, though it may be transcribed as (a laminal and dentalized ) or (an advanced ). It is often represented by an ad hoc symbol such as or . describes this sound as follows: Features Features of a voiceless denti-alveolar sibilant: • Its place of articulation is denti-alveolar, which means it is articulated with a flat tongue against the alveolar ridge and upper teeth. • It is normally laminal, which means it is pronounced with the blade of the tongue. Occurrence ==See also==