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Main sound category: Fricatives
Sound category: voiceless postalveolar fricative
IPA symbol: ʃ
Sounds in category: ʃʷː ʃʷ ʃʲ ʃˠ ʃː ʰʃ ʃ
Occurs in 352 languages
That is in 71.54% of all languages
Occurs in: Lak Archi Lak Archi Ga Lithuanian Kashmiri Paez Russian Lak Avar Archi Estonian_ Pite Saami Italian Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Modern Standard Arabic Ojibwa Turkish Tuva Saami Mari Hmong Monguor Rutul Yakut Lithuanian Bulgarian Jingpho Khasi Romanian Chuvash Karen Lak Uzbek Azerbaijani Ormuri Pacoh Armenian Taishan Pashto Phlong Sedang Kirghiz Khalkha German Selkup Tulu Dagur Farsi Moghol Komi Avar Kurdish French_UPSID Sui Bashkir Archi Finnish Hindi-urdu Cham Parauk Iai Irish Albanian Breton Hungarian Kabardian Manchu Basque Po-ai Burmese Bats Burushaski Lungchow Khanty Sinhalese Georgian Lahu Zuni Mixtec Guambiano Camsa Quechua Cayapa Luiseno Aleut Ocaina Hixkaryana Achumawi Nahuatl Shuswap Paya Moxo Wappo Axluxlay Japreria Amuesha Resigaro Huasteco Eyak Cherokee Chatino Wiyot Upper chehalis Totonac K'ekchi Cofan Caddo Muinane Jebero Acoma Sierra miwok Trumai Kawaiisu Mazahua Shiriana Bribri Inuit Ojibwa Huari Lushootseed Jaqaru Kaingang Dakota Arabela Mixe Wapishana Siriono Tseshaht Navajo Cayuvava Pomo Yuchi Jacaltec Bakairi Amuzgo Iranxe Tacana Quileute Paez Tehuelche Guajiro Karok Chipewyan Tarascan Tunica Tlapanec Campa Yucatec Jivaro Kunama Fur Hausa Kotoko Hamer Dizi Tabi Maasai Mumuye Dahalo Amharic Angas Zulu Kanuri Socotri Beja Kwoma Shilha Noni Tamasheq Tigre Mursi Kpan Nera Sango Kefa Dangaleat !Xu Kanakuru Arabic Koma Alladian Hadza Ngizim Luo Berta Ga Neo-aramaic Daju Bambara Awiya Iraqw Dagbani Kullo Amo Nubian Margi Aizi Maba Yoruba Tarok Somali Alamblak English_American English NepaliOH Bengali_Calcutta JKGerman Testing Norwegian_Malm Norwegian_Elverum Norwegian_Oslo Norwegian_Sandnessjøen Norwegian_Stavanger Norwegian_Tromsø Norwegian_Trondheim Albanian_ Azerbaijani_ Belarusian_ Berber_ Bosnian_ Catalan (Central) Czech_ Estonian_ Hindi_ Icelandic_ Swahili Kurmanji_ Latvian_ Luxembourgish_ Mongolian_ Oromo_ Polish_ Portuguese_ Somali_ Swahili_ Tigrinya_ Ukrainian_ English_Australian Polish South Saami Persian Pite Saami Ume Saami Hebrew Slovak Chistabino (Pyrenean Aragonese) Portuguese (Brasilian) Italian_UPSID Saami (South) Sorani Norwegian Aari Abishira Abkhaz Italian Dari_Afghanistan French Bengali_Bangladesh Urdu_Pakistan Ukrainian Arabic_Modern Standard Arabic Arabic_Moroccan_LAPSyD Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Moroccan Urdu_Ohala Tigrinya Dari South Sami