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Fricatives and Affricates?

O Fricatives are made by partially blocking the airflow, thus causing the friction-like noise characteristic of these sounds.

O Affricates are rather complex consonants. They begin as plosives and end as fricatives.

/h/O The glottal /h/ is presented in a

separate article since there are many things to be discussed related to it.

Examples : head,ahead,playhouse

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