Voiceless postalveolar fricative
Consonantal sound often represented by ⟨ʃ⟩ in IPA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the palato-alveolar consonant. For the retroflex consonant, see Voiceless retroflex fricative. For the alveolo-palatal consonant, see Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative.
A voiceless postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The International Phonetic Association uses the term voiceless postalveolar fricative only for the sound [ ʃ ],[1] but it also describes the voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant fricative [ɹ̠̊˔], for which there are significant perceptual differences.