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Main sound category: Sibilant fricatives
Sound category: voiceless alveolar sibilant fricative
IPA symbol: *s
IPA description: voiceless dental/alveolar sibilant fricative
UPSID symbol: "s
UPSID description: voiceless dental/alveolar sibilant fricative
Occurs in 134 languages
That is in 27.24% of all languages
Occurs in: Adzera Akawaio Amahuaca Amharic Apinaye Arabela Archi Atayal Avar Awiya Axluxlay Bai Bakairi Basque Batak Berta Bribri Bruu Burmese Burushaski Caddo Carib Chamorro Changzhou Chatino Chipewyan Chuvash Cofan Cuna Dafla Dagbani Dakota Dani Dizi Doayo Dogon Ewe Eyak Fe?fe? Fuzhou Gelao Guajiro Hakka Hindi-urdu Huari Huave Iai Igbo Inuit Iranxe Island carib Itelmen Itonama Jingpho Jivaro Kaliai Karen Kawaiisu Ket Khalkha Khanty Kharia Khasi Khmer Khmu? Klao Komi Kullo Kunimaipa Kurukh Lai Lak Malagasy Mari Mazahua Mazatec Mien Mixtec Moghol Monguor Mor Nambakaengo Nanai Navajo Ndut Nenets Nera Newari Nganasan Noni Ogbia Ojibwa Ormuri Paya Picuris Piraha Pomo Quechua Rutul Saami Sama Sebei Sedang Selkup Senadi Seneca Shasta Shilha Shiriana Siriono Socotri Southern kiwai Suena Sui Taoripi Tarascan Tarok Tetun Ticuna Tlingit Tonkawa Wantoat Wappo Waris West makian Wichita Wiyot Woisika Xiamen Yay Yuchi Yukaghir Yupik Zuni