A palato-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 ⟨ʃʼ⟩.
Features
Features of a palato-alveolar 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 alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
* Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
* It is an oral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
* It is a median consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream down the midline 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | пшӏы | ⓘ | 'ten' | ||
| Gullah[1]: 240–241 | shew | [ʃʼɛw] | 'shave' | ||
| Keres | Acoma[2]: 7–13 | sh'uta | [ʃʼuta] | 'crow' | Contrasts with other ejective sibilants /sʼ/ and /ʂʼ/. |
