Editing Voiced alveolar fricative (section)

===Features===

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*There are at least three specific variants of {{IPA|[z]}}:
** Dentalized laminal [[Alveolar consonant|alveolar]] (commonly called "dental"), which means it is articulated with the tongue blade very close to the upper front teeth, with the tongue tip resting behind lower front teeth. The hissing effect in this variety of {{IPA|[z]}} is very strong.<ref name="PNFK">{{Harvcoltxt|Puppel|Nawrocka-Fisiak|Krassowska|1977|p=149}}, cited in {{Harvcoltxt|Ladefoged|Maddieson|1996|p=154}}</ref>
** Non-retracted alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the [[alveolar ridge]], termed respectively ''[[apical consonant|apical]]'' and ''[[laminal consonant|laminal]]''. According to {{Harvcoltxt|Ladefoged|Maddieson|1996}} about half of [[English language|English]] speakers use a non-retracted apical articulation.
** Retracted alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue slightly behind the alveolar ridge, termed respectively ''apical'' and ''laminal''. Acoustically, it is close to {{IPAblink|ʒ}} or laminal {{IPAblink|ʐ}}.
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