Laminal retroflex fricative

The laminal retroflex fricative is a type of consonantal sound which is used in some spoken languages. The IPA symbol represents the Cyrillic letter Zhe 〈ж〉. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is Z/. The Russian letter Zhe is transliterated as letter Ezh. The sound is also known as voiceless alveolar fricative click. Also, the voiceless alveolar fricative click is a type of consonantal sound which is used in some spoken languages. Another way to represent this sound is the Nepali letter(s) ‍‍का. The last sound for this is the Greek letter Mu.


Laminal retroflex fricative
ж
का
μ

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Word/letter Sounds like
ж zh