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, except for the h sound, which is pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract. Examples are and pronou ...
al sound found in one natural language, in the
Shapsug dialect of
Adyghe, where it appears as a variant of .
People with
hypoglossia (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 an approximate location along the vocal tract where its production occurs. It is a point where a constriction is made between an active and a pa ...
is
bidental
]
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 e ...
References
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Bidental consonants
Fricative consonants
Voiceless oral consonants
Pulmonic consonants