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The voiceless labiodental fricative is a type of
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 used in a number of spoken
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s. The symbol in the
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that represents this sound is . Some scholars also posit the voiceless labiodental approximant distinct from the fricative. The approximant may be represented in the IPA as .


Features

Features of the voiceless labiodental fricative:


Occurrence


See also

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Notes


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External links

* {{IPA navigation Fricative consonants Pulmonic consonants Voiceless oral consonants