What does ʃ sound like?

/ʃ/ is produced with a much more rounded mouth than /s/, and is the sound we make when we want people to be quiet. If you use your voice with that mouth position, you get the starting sound in "sheet" and the ending sound in "push".

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What is the phonetic sound ʃ?

The sound /ʃ/ is a voiceless, alveo-palatal, fricative consonant. Lightly press the middle of your tongue between your alveolar ridge and your soft palate. The sides of your tongue should lightly touch your back upper teeth. Breathe out and allow air to flow past your tongue.

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How do you pronounce ɛ?

To make the /ɛ/ sound:

This vowel is a mid-front vowel. Position your tongue at mid-height in your mouth, and shift it toward the front. The muscles of your lips and mouth should be relaxed. Vibrate your vocal cords with your mouth in this position.

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How to pronounce dʒ?

To make the /dʒ/ sound:

Place the tip of your tongue just behind the hard ridge at the front of the top of your mouth. Vibrate your vocal cords, and push air forward out of your mouth. Stop the air completely at first, and then release it.

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How do you identify the sound ŋ?

Both /n/ and /ŋ/ are pronounced with air coming through your nose, with you blocking the air in your mouth with the front of your tongue for /n/ and the back of your tongue for /ŋ/.

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The /ʃ/ Sound

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How to pronounce ɒ?

How to Produce /ɒ/? To produce it, drop the jaw just a little and round the lips, unlike the unrounded /ɑ/ sound. Push your lips together and make a short, voiced sound. As you can see in the picture, the mouth is slightly more open than the /æ/ sound and less rounded than when producing the /ɔ/ sound.

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How is ʧ pronounced?

/ʧ/ is pronounced without your tongue moving and with more air released than with /t/. It is similar to the sound of a sneeze, and the air released should be able to move a piece of paper or be felt on your hand five centimetres in front of your mouth.

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What does ʤ sound like in English?

/ʤ/ is made of /d/ and /z/. This sound is written as 'j', 'ge'; eg. in 'age' or 'gi'; eg.

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What sound is tʃ?

The sound /tʃ/ is a voiceless, alveo-palatal, affricate consonant. Press the middle of your tongue between your alveolar ridge and your soft palate. Quickly move your tongue downward while forcefully pushing air out.

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Is it dʒ or ʒ?

Both sounds are made by pushing air between the lower teeth and the roof of the mouth, but dʒ begins with a brief "d" sound, and ʒ does not. The two sounds are similar, but the initial "d" in dʒ makes it a sharper sound.

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What is the symbol ɛ?

This symbol is called "epsilon" [ˈɛpsəˌlɑn] after the letter of the Greek alphabet.

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What is ʒ called?

Ezh (Ʒ ʒ) /ˈɛʒ/, also called the "tailed z", is a letter the lower case form of which is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), representing the voiced postalveolar fricative consonant.

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When to use ʃ or ʒ?

-tion: The ending -tion is always pronounced with /ʃ/ (pronunciation, definition) unless it is preceded by the letter s, in which case it is said as /tʃ/ (question). Vowel + -sion: The ending -sion is always pronounced with /ʒ/ when it's preceded by a vowel (conclusion, decision). -ssion.

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How ʃ and ʒ are similar?

You use your vocal cords for /v/, /z/, and /ʒ/, but not for /f/, /s/, /ʃ/. Aside from that, they're identical. Just for completeness: /ʃ/ is called the voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant, and /ʒ/ the voiced palato-alveolar sibilant. They differ only in their voicing as Peter said.

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What is the sound tʃ and dʒ?

These two are pronounced with exactly the same mouth position but /dʒ/ uses the voice, whereas /tʃ/ is just a sudden puff of air similar to a sneeze.

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Is ʃ a consonant?

The /ʃ/ sound is one of the nine fricative consonant sounds in American English. Note for geeks: the /ʃ/ sound is a palatal, voiceless, fricative consonant.

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Is ʃ a sibilant?

Sibilants are a higher pitched subset of the stridents. The English sibilants are /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.

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What sound does OƱ make?

The /oʊ/ sound is one of the twelve American English single vowel sounds. Note for geeks: the /oʊ/ sound is a high-mid, tense, back vowel.

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What words have the ɒ sound?

Here are some more examples of words with the /ɒ/ sound:
  • want /wɒnt/
  • off /ɒf/
  • lot /lɒt/
  • job /dʒɒb/

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What's the difference between ɔ and ɒ?

The biggest difference between these two sounds is that /ɒ/ is a short vowel and /ɔ:/ is a long one. The mouth position is also slightly different, with the mouth in /ɔ:/ being slightly tighter and more rounded.

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Is ʤ voiced or voiceless?

The /ʤ/ sound is made through the mouth and it is Voiced which means that you vibrate your vocal chords to make the sound.

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Is ʧ voiced or voiceless?

The /ʧ/ sound is voiceless, i.e, produced without vibration of the vocal cords.

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