Alveolar fricative

Alveolar fricative

The alveolar fricative is a consonant sound. Two kinds are distinguished:

* Voiced alveolar fricative (in English and in IPA written as "Z/z")
* Voiceless alveolar fricative (in English and in IPA written as "S/s")


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