The voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant fricative is a type of
consonant
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al sound, used in some
spoken language
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s. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound is ("z", plus the curl also found in its
voiceless
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counterpart ), and the equivalent
X-SAMPA
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symbol is
z\. It is the
sibilant equivalent of the
voiced palatal fricative
The voiced palatal fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) that represents this sound is (crossed-tail j), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j\. It is t ...
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Features
Features of the voiced alveolo-palatal fricative:
Occurrence
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