A voiceless epiglottal affricate ( in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as an epiglottal stop (specifically, a voiceless epiglottal stop ) and released as a voiceless epiglottal fricative . It has not been reported to occur phonemically in any language except in the Hydaburg dialect of the Haida language.
Features Features of a voiceless epiglottal affricate:
Occurrence LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotesHaidaHydaburg dialect May be a stop or voiced instead.
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