Sibilants
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Introducing sibilants Sibilants are consonant sounds that make a hiss. This hissing sound comes from air rushing through a narrow valley along the speaker's tongue.
1 Listen to the following words. Each one ends in a different sibilant. Notice how the sibilants make a hissing sound. Voiced sibilants
his /z/
beige/'!/
badge /dj/
Voiceless sibilants
hiss /s/
wash If/
batch /tf/
2 Look at the pictures below.
/s/ and /z/
If/ and 1:,1 Looking from the side
Looking down
Unit 14 • 11S