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Alveolar ejective fricative

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Alveolar ejective fricative
IPA Number132 401
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)s​ʼ
Unicode (hex)U+0073 U+02BC
X-SAMPAs_>

The alveolar 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 ⟨⟩.

Features

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Features of the alveolar ejective fricative:

In many languages, it is allophonic with the affricate [ts'].[1]

Occurrence

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Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Adyghe Shapsug[citation needed] сӏэ [sʼə] 'name' Corresponds to [tsʼ] in other dialects.
Ganza[2]: 101  [sʼásʼà] ‘fat, thick’
Hausa[3] tsutsa [sʼusʼa] 'worm' Allophone of /tsʼ/ in some dialects
Keres[citation needed] s'eeka [sʼeːkʰa] 'sure'
Lakota[citation needed] s'a [sʼa] 'habitually'
Tlingit[4] eek [sʼiːkʰ] 'bear'
Upper Necaxa Totonac[5] [ˈsʼa̰ta̰] 'small'
Emberá-Catío[6] /s'okʰo/ [s'okxo] 'type of water jar'

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Shosted, Ryan K.; Rose, Sharon (2011). "Affricating ejective fricatives: The case of Tigrinya". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 41 (1): 41–65. doi:10.1017/S0025100310000319. ISSN 0025-1003. JSTOR 44526590. S2CID 17186877.
  2. ^ Smolders, Joshua (2016). "A Phonology of Ganza" (pdf). Linguistic Discovery. 14 (1): 86–144. doi:10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.470. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ^ Jaggar, Philip J. (19 December 2001). Hausa. London Oriental and African Language Library. Vol. 7. John Benjamins. doi:10.1075/loall.7. ISBN 978-90-272-8304-7.
  4. ^ Maddieson, Ian; Smith, Caroline L.; Bessell, Nicola (2001). "Aspects of the Phonetics of Tlingit". Anthropological Linguistics. 43 (2): 135–176. ISSN 0003-5483. JSTOR 30028779.
  5. ^ Beck, David (1 January 2006). "The emergence of ejective fricatives in Upper Necaxa Totonac". University of Alberta Working Papers in Linguistics.
  6. ^ Mortensen, Charles Arthur (1994). Nasalization in a revision of Embera-Katio phonology (masters thesis). Arlington: MA thesis, University of Texas.
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