Voiced apicoalveolar fricative
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The voiced apicoalveolar fricative,[z̺], is a fricative which is articulated with the tip of the tongue (apex) against the alveolar ridge. It is the sibilant found in dialects of central and northern Portuguese, several dialects of European Spanish, Antioqueño Spanish, Catalan, Gascon, Languedocien Occitan, and Modern Greek. Often to speakers of languages or dialects which do not have an apicoalvolear fricative, they are said to have a "whistling" quality.
- Catalan: zero [z̺ɛɾu], "zero"
- Gascon: casèrna [kaz̺ɛrno], "barracks"
- Languedocien Occitan: véser [bez̺e], "to see"
- Spanish (peninsular, Antioqueño): desde [dez̺ð̞e], "since"
- Carlos Castillo and Otto F. Bond. The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary.
- Martin Harris and Nigel Vincent. The Romance Languages.
- Alan Yates. Teach Yourself Catalan.