A labiodental ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .

Features Features of a labiodental ejective fricative:

Occurrence Family Language Word IPA Meaning NotesNorthwest CaucasianAbkhaz [afʼa] 'thin' Only found in this word, which is pronounced as [afʼa] only by some speakers, pronounced [apʼa] by the majority.p257, Hewitt, B. G. 1989. Abkhaz. Croom Helm Descriptive Grammars.ChontalHighland Oaxaca Chontalɫof'aneh[ɬofʼaneʔ]'corn cob'Northwest CaucasianKabardian / / 'black' Corresponds to in Adyghe.Colarusso, John. 1992. A Grammar of the Kabardian Language.OceanicYapesep32, Ballantyne, Keira Gebbie. 2005. Textual Structure and Discourse Prominence in Yapese Narrative. Doctoral dissertation, University of Hawai'i. f'aang 'type of eel'

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See also Index of phonetics articles

References Colarusso, John. 1992. A Grammar of the Kabardian Language. University of Calgary Press.

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