Fricative Consonants

Fricative consonants are pronounced by narrowing the air passage in the place of articulation and blowing air through the mouth. The air passage in the place of articulation is so narrow so that it crowds the air that passes through it and causes a noisy friction.

Fricative Consonants in Orish

 * F - represents the unvoiced labiodental fricative.
 * V - represents the voiced laviodental fricative.
 * S - represents the unvoiced alveolar fricative.
 * Z - represents the voiced alveolar fricative.
 * Ʃ - represents the unvoiced postalveolar fricative.
 * Ʒ - represents the voiced postalveolar fricative.
 * X - represents the unvoiced velar or uvular fricative.
 * H - represents the so-called glottal fricative, but this is not exactly a fricative consonant.
 * R - represents the rhotic phoneme, some of its free allophones are the voiced velar or uvular fricatives, but this is not necesserary a fricative consonant.