Dental ejective fricative
| Dental ejective fricative | |
|---|---|
| θʼ | |
| Audio sample | |
| Encoding | |
| X-SAMPA | T_> |
Thedental ejective fricativeis a rare type ofconsonantalsound, used in some spokenlanguages.The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabetthat represents this sound is ⟨θʼ⟩.
Features
[edit]Features of the alveolar ejective fricative:
- Itsmanner of articulationisfricative,which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causingturbulence.
- Itsplace of articulationisdental,which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the upperteeth,termed respectivelyapicalandlaminal.Note that most stops and liquids described as dental are actuallydenti-alveolar.
- Itsphonationis voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is anoral consonant,which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is acentral consonant,which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- Theairstream mechanismisejective(glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping theglottisupward.
Occurrence
[edit][θʼ]occurs inModern South Arabian languagesand is also reconstructed for the hypotheticalProto-Semitic language.[1]
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri[citation needed] | diśkhawt̠̣'ā | [diɬχɑʊ̯θʼɑː] | 'to hate' | |
| Yapese[citation needed] | th'abii | [θʼabiː] | 'most' | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Simeone-Senelle, Marie-Claude (1997). "The Modern South Arabian Languages". In Hetzron, Robert (ed.).The Semitic Languages.London: Routledge. pp. 381–382.
