Voiced postalveolar fricative
Consonantal sound often represented by ⟨ʒ⟩ in IPA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the palato-alveolar consonant. For the retroflex consonant, see Voiced retroflex fricative. For the alveolo-palatal consonant, see Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative.
A voiced postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The International Phonetic Association uses the term voiced postalveolar fricative only for the sound [ʒ],[1] but it also describes the voiced postalveolar non-sibilant fricative [ɹ̠˔], for which there are significant perceptual differences.