The retroflex 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 ⟨ʂʼ⟩.
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Non-Pulmonic Consonants: Ejectives, Implosives, and Clicks
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[ ʈʼ ] unvoiced subapical retroflex ejective stop
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[ ᶑ ] voiced subapical retroflex implosive stop
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[ ɖ ] voiced unaspirated subapical retroflex stop
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Features
Features of the retroflex 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 retroflex, which prototypically means it is articulated subapical (with the tip of the tongue curled up), but more generally, it means that it is postalveolar without being palatalized. That is, besides the prototypical subapical articulation, the tongue can be apical (pointed) or, in some fricatives, laminal (flat).
- 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.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- 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 | |
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| Keresan | [example needed] | Contrasts /sʼ, ʃʼ, ʂʼ, tsʼ, tʃʼ, tʂʼ/. | |||
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This page was last edited on 30 May 2024, at 18:51