The voiceless bidental fricative is a rare
consonant
In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract. Examples are and pronounced with the lips; and pronounced with the front of the tongue; and pronounced wit ...
al sound. The only natural language known to use it is the
Shapsug
The Shapsug ( ady, шапсыгъ , russian: шапсуги, tr, Şapsığlar, ar, الشابسوغ, he, שפסוגים) (also known as the Shapsugh or Shapsogh) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes. Historically, the Shapsug tribe ...
dialect of
Adyghe, where it appears as a variant of .
People with
hypoglossia
Hypoglossia is a short, incompletely developed tongue. It can occur either as an isolated malformation or in association with other deformities, particularly limb defects in a syndrome
A syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms which are c ...
(abnormally small tongue) may use it for target .
Features
Features of the voiceless bidental fricative:
* Its
place of articulation
In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation (also point of articulation) of a consonant is a location along the vocal tract where its production occurs. It is a point where a constriction is made between an active and a passive articula ...
is
bidental
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In Religion in ancient Rome, ancient Roman religion, a Bidental was a sacred shrine erected on the spot where lightning had struck.
Creation
Any remains and scorched earth at the spot were to be burned in a hole at the location by priests cal ...
, which means it is articulated with the lower and upper teeth pressed together.
Occurrence
See also
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List of phonetics 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 ejective ...
References
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Bidental consonants
Fricative consonants
Voiceless oral consonants
Pulmonic consonants