Voiceless linguolabial fricative
The voiceless linguolabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents it is ⟨θ̼⟩ or ⟨ɸ̺⟩.
| Voiceless linguolabial fricative | |
|---|---|
| θ̼ | |
| ɸ̺ |
Features
Features:
- 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 linguolabial, which means it is articulated with the tongue against the upper lip.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Nambas[1] | [ˈinɛθ̼] | 'he is asthmatic' | |||
gollark: This sort of thing will get cheaper and easier over time, and then someone will *actually do that*.
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gollark: It might even be commercially saleable as long as beeoids don't complain about genetic modification and "crimes against nature" and such.
gollark: If exposed to UV or whatever.
gollark: Idea: splice that 'green fluorescent protein" stuff into grass. Your grass WILL be greener than on the other side.
References
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