Voiceless postalveolar fricative

Voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant fricative
ɹ̠̊˔
ɹ̝̊˗
IPA number	151 414 402A 429
Encoding
X-SAMPA	r\_-_0_r

Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative
ʃ
IPA number	134
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	ʃ
Unicode (hex)	U+0283
X-SAMPA	S
Kirshenbaum	S
Braille

Voiceless fricatives produced in the postalveolar region include the voiceless palato-alveolar fricative [ʃ], the voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant fricative [ɹ̠̊˔], the voiceless retroflex fricative [ʂ], and the voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative [ɕ]. This article discusses the first two.

Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative[]

A voiceless palato-alveolar fricative or voiceless domed postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in many languages, including English. In English, it is usually spelled ⟨sh⟩, as in ship.

The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʃ⟩, the letter esh introduced by Isaac Pitman (not to be confused with the integral symbol ⟨∫⟩). The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is S.

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IPA: Pulmonic consonants [edit]

Place →	Labial					Coronal									Dorsal						Laryngeal
Manner ↓	Bilabial		Lab-den.		Ling-lab.		Den.		Alv.		Pst-alv.		Retro.		Pal.		Vel.		Uvul.		Pharyn.		Glottal
Nasal	m̥	m		ɱ		n̼		n̪	n̥	n		n̠	ɳ̊	ɳ	ɲ̊	ɲ	ŋ̊	ŋ		ɴ
Stop	p	b	p̪	b̪	t̼	d̼	t̪	d̪	t	d	t̠	d̠	ʈ	ɖ	c	ɟ	k	ɡ	q	ɢ	ʡ		ʔ
Sibilant affricate							t̪s̪	d̪z̪	ts	dz	t̠ʃ	d̠ʒ	ʈʂ	ɖʐ	t̠ɕ	d̠ʑ
Non-sibilant affricate	pɸ	bβ	p̪f	b̪v			t̪θ	d̪ð	tɹ̝̊	dɹ̝	t̠ɹ̠̊˔	d̠ɹ̠˔			cç	ɟʝ	kx	ɡɣ	qχ	ɢʁ	ʡʜ	ʡʢ	ʔh
Sibilant fricative							s̪	z̪	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	ʂ	ʐ	ɕ	ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative	ɸ	β	f	v	θ̼	ð̼	θ	ð	θ̠	ð̠	ɹ̠̊˔	ɹ̠˔	ɻ̊˔	ɻ˔	ç	ʝ	x	ɣ	χ	ʁ	ħ	ʕ	h	ɦ
Approximant	β̥˕	ɸ̬˕	ʋ̥	ʋ			θ̞	ð̞	ɹ̥	ɹ		ɹ̠	ɻ̊	ɻ	j̊	j	ɰ̊	ɰ		ʁ̞		ʕ̞		ʔ̞
Tap/flap		ⱱ̟		ⱱ		ɾ̼		ɾ̪	ɾ̥	ɾ		ɾ̠	ɽ̊	ɽ						ɢ̆		ʡ̆
Trill	ʙ̥	ʙ				r̼		r̪	r̥	r		r̠	ɽr̥	ɽr					ʀ̥	ʀ	ʜ	ʢ
Lateral affricate									tɬ	dɮ			ʈɭ̊˔	ɖɭ˔	cʎ̝̊	ɟʎ̝	kʟ̝̊	ɡʟ̝
Lateral fricative							ɬ̪	ɮ̪	ɬ	ɮ			ɭ̊˔	ɭ˔	ʎ̝̊	ʎ̝	ʟ̝̊	ʟ̝
Lateral approximant								l̪	l̥	l		l̠	ɭ̊	ɭ	ʎ̥	ʎ	ʟ̥	ʟ		ʟ̠
Lateral tap/flap										ɺ				ɭ̆		ʎ̆		ʟ̆

Symbols to the right in a cell are voiced, to the left are voiceless. Shaded areas denote articulations judged to be impossible.

Voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant fricative[]

The voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant fricative is a consonantal sound. As the International Phonetic Alphabet does not have separate symbols for the post-alveolar consonants (the same symbol is used for all coronal places of articulation that aren't palatalized), this sound is usually transcribed ⟨ɹ̠̊˔⟩ (retracted constricted voiceless [ɹ]). The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is r\_-_0_r.