How to pronounce “fricative” in English

Let's talk about that.So we have fricatives.These are sounds that sound roughly like-- oh, we don't have a table here.

We have a koh.We don't have any fricatives in the back.We don't have anything like or or or or or ..

for referring to the periodic elements.So these are the non-sibilant fricatives that have a different story.

Yeah. There are lots of languages that will have a V and not have an F. And this is because it's a weak fricative.So something like these guys right here are strong fricatives.These, and that one they're actually, these are all weak.

So this guy is a part of two groups-- the group of voice sounds and the group of fricatives.This one, voiceless sounds and fricatives.So, so far we have voiceless stops, and a very good series of them-- P, T, K, and koh.

So as we talk about V here, when you add sounds to a language, sounds tend to come in groups.So this guy is a part of two groups-- the group of voice sounds and the group of fricatives.This one, voiceless sounds and fricatives.

But we don't have a uvular nasal.I'll note that. And we only have voiceless fricatives S and H. If we want to add V, do we want to also add F?And do we want to add this guy's sibling, Z?

They're actually just called nasal clicks.All right. Cool. How about fricatives after stops?

But we could add just Z and V.Yeah. There are lots of languages that will have a V and not have an F. And this is because it's a weak fricative.So something like these guys right here are strong fricatives.

OK. It's not-- no.So this idea of universal taboos or universal sounds even, this idea that it's about the fricative and the something

for referring to the periodic elements.But since there are no other fantastic ways of representing the A, it's kind of known that you have to swap out for the sibilant fricative