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Main sound category: Fricatives
Sound category: voiceless alveolar fricative
IPA symbol: s
Sounds in category: sʲ sˁ ʔs sː s sˁː
Occurs in 405 languages
That is in 82.32% of all languages
Occurs in: Lithuanian Yawa Belarusian_ Ukrainian_ Kurdish Arabic_Modern Standard Arabic Arabic_Moroccan_LAPSyD Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Moroccan Siona Southern nambiquara Hausa Iraqw Estonian_ Pite Saami Kven Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Modern Standard Arabic Turkish Even Tiruray Lithuanian Konkani Bodo Iban Nepali Uzbek Azerbaijani Tiddim chin Kashmiri Mundari Lenakel Fijian Tagalog Pashto Tigak Kirghiz German Pohnpeian Brao Greek Ivatan Tulu Farsi Sa'ban Bashkir Kwaio Finnish Kam Telugu Nivkh Irish Breton Rukai Ainu Sre Brahui Lue Vietnamese Ao Sinhalese Georgian Guambiano Camsa Bella coola Kwakw'ala Cayapa Guahibo Klamath Diegueno Ocaina Hixkaryana Achumawi Tzeltal Nahuatl Moxo Siona Amuesha Resigaro Epena pedee Saliba Maidu Nez perce Hopi Upper chehalis Tsimshian Totonac K'ekchi Muinane Wintu Jebero Trumai Zoque Ahtna Barasano Yucuna Lushootseed Jaqaru Warao Guarani Wapishana Kiowa Tseshaht Cayuvava Alabama Jacaltec Amuzgo Southern nambiquara Quileute Paez Mapudungu Yaqui Karok Tunica Hupa Tlapanec Qawasqar Tol Campa Yucatec Lugbara Isoko Kunama Efik Usan Kadugli Fur Hausa Kotoko Hamer Moro Teke Tabi Maasai Lelemi Mumuye Ik Dahalo Songhai Baining Dan Angas Zulu Ejagham Kanuri Asmat Akan Iwam Yessan-mayo Kwoma Aghem Nama Temne Temein Savosavo Bete Tigre Nyimang Kpan Kpelle Mbum Bisa Kala lagaw ya Sandawe Mambila !Xu Koma Vanimo Lua Beembe Tampulma Alladian Hadza Lame Konyagi Ngizim Luo Wolof Kohumono Ga Neo-aramaic Amele Daju Bambara Jomang Kera Kewa Gwari Tera Birom Iraqw Ewondo Yawa Chuave Azande Tama Amo Nubian Bobo-fing Margi Yareba Aizi Yagaria Fasu Dadibi Maba Yoruba Diola Kolokuma ijo Bariba Selepet Somali Alamblak Tamil English_American English NepaliOH Spanish (Castilian) Mandarin JKDutch JKGerman Testing Swedish Norwegian_Malm Norwegian_Bergen Norwegian_Elverum Norwegian_Oslo Norwegian_Sandnessjøen Norwegian_Stavanger Norwegian_Tromsø Norwegian_Trondheim Albanian_ Azerbaijani_ Belarusian_ Berber_ Bosnian_ Catalan (Central) Cebuano_ Czech_ Estonian_ Fante_ Hindi_ Icelandic_ Swahili Kurmanji_ Latvian_ Luxembourgish_ Mandarin_ Mongolian_ Oromo_ Polish_ Portuguese_ Somali_ Spanish_ Swahili_ Thai_ Tigrinya_ Ukrainian_ English_Australian Polish Filipino Dutch South Saami Persian Pite Saami Ume Saami Hebrew Slovak Chistabino (Pyrenean Aragonese) Portuguese (Brasilian) Italian_UPSID Saami (South) Sorani Norwegian Katu Kven Danish Cantonese Abau Aari Abidji Abishira Abkhaz Serbian Croatian Dari_Afghanistan Swedish_PW Bengali_Bangladesh Indonesian Urdu_Pakistan Arabic_Modern Standard Arabic Arabic_Moroccan_LAPSyD Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Moroccan Urdu_Ohala Tigrinya Dari South Sami Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Modern Standard Arabic