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The voiceless alveolar sibilant affricate [t͡s] is the most common type, similar to the ts in English cats. The voiceless alveolar non-sibilant affricate...

(eastern Andalusia). [citation needed] The voiceless alveolar retracted sibilant [s̠], and the subform apico-alveolar [s̺], or called grave, has a weak hushing...

postalveolar" or "apico-alveolar"). The subapical palatal or "true" retroflex sounds are the very dullest and lowest-pitched of all the sibilants. The latter...

and African languages. Features of the voiceless palato-alveolar fricative: Its manner of articulation is sibilant fricative, which means it is generally...

The voiced alveolar sibilant is common across European languages, but is relatively uncommon cross-linguistically compared to the voiceless variant. Only...

The voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant affricate or voiceless domed postalveolar sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken...

The voiced alveolar sibilant affricate [d͡z] is the most common type, similar to the ds in English lads. The voiced alveolar non-sibilant affricate [dð̠]...

the syllable-final /s/ is pronounced as voiceless "apico-alveolar" sibilant or as a voiceless dental sibilant in the same fashion as in the next paragraph...

non-sibilant fricative [ɹ̠˔], for which there are significant perceptual differences, as one is a sibilant and one is not. The voiced palato-alveolar fricative...

The voiced palato-alveolar sibilant affricate, voiced post-alveolar affricate or voiced domed postalveolar sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal...

⟨s⟩ represents a voiceless alveolar sibilant /s/ (either laminal as in English, or apical); ⟨z⟩ and soft ⟨c⟩ represent a voiceless dental fricative /θ/...

with the alveolar ridge (alveolar), the area behind the alveolar ridge (postalveolar), or the hard palate (palatal). Finally, both sibilant (fricative...

normally lamino-alveolar, as in English. However, a number of dialects in northern Portugal pronounce /s/ and /z/ as apico-alveolar sibilants [s̺, z̺] which...

from an alveolar trill. Thus, the narrower transcription ⟨ɽr⟩ is also appropriate. Wintu and Lardil are other languages with a reported (apico-)retroflex...

articulators. The possible locations for sibilants as well as non-sibilants to occur are indicated in dashed red. For sibilants, there are additional complications...

dental ǀ, palatal ("palato-alveolar") ǂ, (post)alveolar ("retroflex") ǃ and lateral ǁ. In most languages, the alveolar and palatal types are abrupt;...

notes: Sibilants /ʃ ʒ t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/ are laminal post-alveolars (usually not considered retroflex). The approximant /l/ is mainly pronounced apico-alveolar, although...

Westerwald and the Higher Lusatia. The voiceless stops /p/, /t/, /k/ are aspirated except when preceded by a sibilant. Many southern dialects do not aspirate...

retroflex series is not purely retroflex; it actually has an apico-postalveolar (also described as apico-pre-palatal) articulation, and sometimes in words such...

Andalusia and the Canary Islands) is the voiceless alveolar retracted sibilant [s̺], also called apico-alveolar or grave, which is often perceived as intermediate...