The voiceless alveolar fricatives are consonantal sounds. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents these sounds depends on whether a sibilant or non-sibilant fricative is being described.
Latin alphabet Sibilant consonant Apical consonant Laminal consonant Fricative consonant English orthography International Phonetic Alphabet English phonology Manner of articulation Postalveolar consonant Turbulence Dental consonant Alveolar consonant Limousin (dialect) Egressive Danish and Norwegian alphabet Ceceo Dry Czech orthography Polish orthography Portuguese orthography Finnish alphabet Hungarian alphabet Italian alphabet Alveolar ridge Dutch orthography German orthography Icelandic alphabet Catalan orthography French orthography Spanish orthography Czech phonology Icelandic phonology Turkish phonology Modern Greek phonology Finnish phonology Oral consonant Alveolo-palatal consonant Italian phonology Norwegian phonology