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The labiodental 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 ⟨ f? ⟩.

Features [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

• List of phonetic topics

References [ edit ]

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

External links [ edit ]

• List of languages with [f?] on PHOIBLE

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