Voiceless alveolar sibilant

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s
Pulmonic Consonant
IPA: s
X-SAMPA: s
Kirshenbaum: s
Place of Articulation: Alveolar
Manner of Articulation: Fricative (Sibilant)
Phonological features: [+consonantal]
[+contin-artic]
[+contin-acous]
[+delayed release]
[+CORONAL]
  [+anterior]
  [+strident]

The voiceless alveolar sibilant is a very common sound, occuring in many languages. Its voiced equivalent is z, and it is part of the affricate ts.

Voiceless alveolar sibilants in natlangs

English

Plain s sit /sɪt/
Voiced s dogs /dɒgs/ [dɒgz]

Japanese

Plain さ, す, せ, そ (sa,su,se,so) 桜 (sakura) /sakura/
Retracted し (shi) 手裏剣 (shuriken) /sjuriken/ [ʃɯɽikeɴ]

Latin

Plain s sol /sol/

Nahuatl

Plain z, c(i, e) cihuātl /siwaːtɬ/