Epiglottal plosive
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An epiglottal or pharyngeal plosive (or stop) is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA.
Esling (2010) describes the sounds covered by the term "epiglottal plosive" as an "active closure by the aryepiglottic pharyngeal stricture mechanism" – that is, a stop produced by the aryepiglottic folds within the pharynx.<ref>John Esling (2010) "Phonetic Notation", in Hardcastle, Laver & Gibbon (eds) The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences, 2nd ed., p 695.</ref>
Features
File:Voiceless epiglottal plosive.svg
Features of an epiglottal stop:
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- It has no defined phonation, although it is typically voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. Voiced epiglottal "stops" tend toward being epiglottal flaps.Template:Citation needed
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Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AmisTemplate:Cn | lang}} | main}} | 'fog' | main}}. | |
| Archi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref>|| {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}/Template:Transliteration ||{{#invoke:IPA|main}}||'complaint'|| | ||||
| Dahalo<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Audio-IPA | 'lake' | |||
| HaidaTemplate:Cn | Northern dialects | lang}} | main}} | 'water' | Corresponds to /q/ in southern dialects. |
| Ingush<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | lang}}/Template:Transliteration | main}} | 'lake, pond' | ||