Alveolar ejective fricative

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 ⟨⟩.

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

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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