Voiceless labiodental fricative

The voiceless labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is f, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is f.

[edit] Features

Features of the voiceless labiodental fricative:

Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
Its place of articulation is labiodental which means it is articulated with the lower lips and the upper teeth.
Its phonation type is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
The airstream mechanism is pulmonic egressive, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottis or the mouth.

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Abkhaz	фы	[fə]	'lightning'	See Abkhaz phonology
Albanian	faqe	[facɛ]	'cheek'
Arabic	ظرف	[ðˤɑrf]	'envelope'	See Arabic phonology
Chechen	факс/faks	[faks]	'fax'
Coptic	ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ	[ftow]	'four'
Czech	foukat	[foʊ̯kat]	'to blow'	See Czech phonology
Dutch	fiets	[fiːts]	'bike'	See Dutch phonology
English	fill	[fɪl]	'fill'	See English phonology
French	fabuleuse	[fabyløz]	'fabulous'	See French phonology
German	fade	[faːdə]	'insipid'	See German phonology
Goemai	[fat]		'to blow'
Greek	φύση	[ˈfis̺i]	'nature'	See Modern Greek phonology
Hungarian	figyel	[fiɟεl]	'he/she pays attention'	See Hungarian phonology
Kabardian	фыз	[fɨz]	'woman'
Kabyle	afus	[afus]	'hand'
Norwegian	filter	[filtɛɾ]	'filter'	See Norwegian phonology
Polish	krew	[krɛf]	'blood'	Allophone of /v/. See Polish phonology
Portuguese	fogo	[ˈfogu]	'fire'	See Portuguese phonology
Russian	верёвка	[vʲɪˈrʲofkə]	'rope'	See Russian phonology
Somali	fidno	[fidno]	'trouble'	See Somali phonology
Spanish^[1]	fosa	[ˈfo̞sa]	'ditch'	See Spanish phonology
Swedish	fisk	[ˈfɪsk]	'fish'	See Swedish phonology
Turkish	saf	[säf]	'pure'	See Turkish phonology

Martínez-Celdrán, Eugenio; Ana Ma. Fernández-Planas & Josefina Carrera-Sabaté (2003), "Castilian Spanish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 33 (2): 255-259

Consonants (List, table)