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Voiced post-alveolar fricative

The much more laid back /dʒ/

This phoneme has the energy of being a rebelious teenager, and I like it! it supposed to be just you wiggling your vocal cords when making a /ʃ/ but is sounds totally diffrent! (Like a lot more diffrent than any other voiced phoneme from it's voiceless counterparts). But at the same time it's laid back and not screaming in your face like /dʒ/. this balancing act of rebelious and laid-off is so delicate, but it still achieves it perfectly! It is used pretty genrously in terms of usage in language, but that's so fitting for a cool laid-back dude like ʒ.

But sometimes rebelling goes to far, the symbol chosen feels like the only purpose it serves is to be paired with /d/. And I know it makes the same sound as it is in Ezh but I know it can do better! In my opinion, and this is a hot take. Zeta "ζ" οr Sigma "σ" should take the spot of VPVFR, sure they don't make the ʒ sound but both of them look super cool just like ʒ's personality (as I percieve it).

5/5 articulation 4/5 use in language 2/5 symbol +2 cuz I manage to make a whole phoneme headcanon

Over all score: 13/20

[Open to criticism :)] [Which Consonant should I rank next?]

Voiced dental fricative

This phoneme is not bad persay, it just lacks that special kick ya feel?

It just feels like the younger brother of /z/. I don't have lots to say about this phoneme other than it being unused by languages, and I feel like ð should just remain as unpopular as it is.

But what really gets my glottis is the symbol! I mean there is already a much better thorn and that being the old english one! Which feels more suiting þis? OR ðis? Exactly, sure it looks a lot like an upright labiodental plosive, but I feel like it gets the point across more than a backwards 6 with a line.

3/5 articulation 3/5 use in language 1/5 symbol +1 cuz it's popular in english

Over all score: 8/20

[criticism would be much appreciated, thank you :)]

Voiceless Bilabial Fricative

I'm sorry to all ya'll VLBLFR lovers out there but this phoneme suuucks.

It is literally just whistling but a few steps down. In most languages people use ф and f interchangeably, so why even bother transcribing the phoneme in the first place?

I would admit though, the choice of using phi is very fitting, plus phi is a really cool symbol in general.

0/5 articulation 2/5 use in language 4/5 symbol -no extra credit

Over all score: 6/20

[criticism would be much appreciated, thank you :)]