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Article: Palatal Fricative

Head: Palatal Fricatives are a subset of the oral sound, Fricatives. They are called Palatal Fricatives, because friction is created by the tongue applying pressure to the hard palate behind the alveolar ridge. Air flows through the small spaces the tongue doesn't block to create this specific sound. Interestingly, in English, only words that come from different languages start with voiced palatal fricatives.

Features
Occurs in two different forms in IPA:
 * 1) Voiced (vocal chords vibrate) and Voiceless (vocal chords do not vibrate)
 * 2) * Place of Articulation: Palatal: the tongue presses on the hard palate behind the alveolar ridge
 * 3) * Manner of Articulation: Fricative: air being forced through a small passageway
 * 4) * IPA Examples: Voiced: [ʃ] and Voiceless: [ʒ]
 * 5) * Oral Sounds: Air only exits through the mouth

Sounds:


 * 1) Voiced Palatal Fricative:
 * 2) Voiceless Palatal Fricative: