A voiceless uvular-epiglottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is a and pronounced simultaneously. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .
Features Features of a voiceless uvular-epiglottal plosive are:
Its place of articulation is uvular–epiglottal, which means that it is simultaneously articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the uvula and the epiglottis. The laryngeal closure is made and released slightly before the dorsal closure, but they overlap for most of their duration.
Occurrence + Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Somali 'to emit smoke' Allophone of
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