Back Stimmloser alveolarer Frikativ ALS لثوي احتكاكي مهموس Arabic Беззвучна венечна шипяща проходна съгласна Bulgarian অঘোষ দন্তমূলীয় উষ্মধ্বনি Bengali/Bangla Ruzenn logigoù divouezh Breton Fricativa alveolar sorda Catalan Neznělá alveolární frikativa Czech Stimmloser alveolarer Frikativ German Άηχο φατνιακό τριβόμενο σύμφωνο Greek Voiceless alveolar fricative English
| Voiceless alveolar sibilant | |
|---|---|
| s | |
| IPA number | 132 |
| Encoding | |
| Entity (decimal) | s |
| Unicode (hex) | U+0073 |
| X-SAMPA | s |
| Kirshenbaum | s |
| Sound | |
The voiceless alveolar fricative is a type of consonant. The letter for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨s⟩. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is ⟨s⟩. The English language has this sound, and it is the sound represented by 's' in sun and sorry.