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Which fricative is fairly rare generally?
Where is the voiceless glottal fricative /h/ commonly found?
Why does the voiced palato-alveolar fricative /ʒ/ tend to be replaced with /dʒ/ at the end of a word?
What is the manner of articulation for an affricate?
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/m/ and /n/ appear in all three positions, but /ŋ/ does not appear at the beginning of words due to:
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Study Notes
Fricatives
- The voiced interdental fricative /ð/ is fairly rare generally.
Voiceless Glottal Fricative /h/
- The voiceless glottal fricative /h/ is commonly found in many languages, including English.
Voiced Palato-alveolar Fricative /ʒ/
- The voiced palato-alveolar fricative /ʒ/ tends to be replaced with /dʒ/ at the end of a word due to the influence of English orthography.
Affricates
- The manner of articulation for an affricate is a combination of stop and fricative.
Nasal Consonants
- /m/ and /n/ appear in all three positions (initial, medial, and final) in words.
- /ŋ/ does not appear at the beginning of words due to the historical sound change of Old English /ŋ/ shifting to /n/ before consonants.
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Test your knowledge of English phonetics with this quiz on the voiced palato-alveolar fricative /ʒ/ and the voiceless glottal fricative /h/. Explore their occurrences in word-initial and word-final positions, as well as their historical evolution from Old English to Modern English.
