The bilabial ejective fricative is a rare type of
consonant
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al sound. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound is .
Features
Features of the bilabial ejective fricative:
Occurrence
See also
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List of phonetic topics
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* Acoustic phonetics
* Active articulator
* Affricate
* Airstream mechanism
* Alexander John Ellis
* Alexander Melville Bell
* Alfred C. Gimson
* Allophone
* Alveolar approximant ()
* Alveolar click ()
* Alveolar consonant
* Alveolar ejectiv ...
References
External links
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Fricative consonants
Ejectives
Oral consonants
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