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The voiceless alveolar fricatives are a type of fricative consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line) just behind the teeth. This refers to a class of sounds, not a single sound. There are at least six types with significant perceptual differences:
The voiceless alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless dental, alveolar, and postalveolar lateral fricatives is [ɬ], and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is K .
Voiceless alveolar lateral flap. The voiceless alveolar lateral flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɺ̥ , a fusion of a rotated lowercase letter r with a letter l and a voiceless diacritic.
ɬ. /ɬ/ Voiceless Alveolar Lateral Fricative (Belted L) Go Back to Chart. Instructions: Articulator: tip/blade of the tongue. Point of Articulation: dental/alveolar/palato-alveolar area. Manner of Articulation: Lateral fricative: Make a firm contact against the point of articulation, so that the airflow is blocked on the midline of the oral cavity.
The voiceless labial–palatal fricative or approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in a few spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɥ̊ or ɸ͡ç .
Voiceless means that the vocal folds are not vibrating. Alveolar sounds are produced when the tongue articulates with the alveolar ridge, the area directly behind your upper teeth. Fricative sounds are produced when air is forced through a narrow passage in your mouth.
