Voiceless palatal sibilant

ç
Pulmonic Consonant
IPA:	ç
X-SAMPA:	C
Kirshenbaum:	C
Place of Articulation:	Palatal
Manner of Articulation:	Fricative (sibilant)
Phonological features:	[+consonantal] [+contin-artic] [+contin-acous] [+delayed release] [+CORONAL]   [+distributed] [+DORSAL]   [+high]   [+front]

The voiceless palatal fricative can be considered an unvoiced j. It often arises from a hj cluster. It is often part of a voiceless palatal affricate.

Palatal fricatives in natlangs

English

Plain

h(u)

huge, /hjudʒ/ [çuːd͡ʒ]

Japanese

Plain

ひ(ゃ,ゅ,ょ) (hy(a,u,o))

百, /hyaku/, [çakɯ]

Palatal fricatives in conlangs

Atlantic

Plain

(sy)

syel, /çèl/

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