Labiodental ejective fricative

Labiodental ejective fricative
f’
Sound

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

Features

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.

Occurrence

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

See also

• List of phonetic topics

References

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