Epiglottal_consonant Epiglottal_consonant

Epiglottal consonant - Definition
Places of articulation
Labial consonant
Bilabial consonant
Labiodental consonant
Linguolabial consonant
Coronal consonant
Interdental consonant
Dental consonant
Retroflex consonant
Alveolar consonant
Postalveolar consonant
Alveolo-palatal consonant
Dorsal consonant
Palatal consonant
Labial-palatal consonant 
Velar consonant
Labial-velar consonant
Uvular consonant
Pharyngeal consonant
Epiglottal consonant
Glottal consonant
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An epiglottal consonant is a consonant that is articulated with the epiglottis against the back of the pharynx.

The epiglottal consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

IPA Description Example
Language Orthography IPA Meaning
Image:Xsampa-greaterthanslash.png epiglottal plosive
Image:Xsampa-lessthanslash.png voiced epiglottal fricative
Image:Xsampa-Hslash.png voiceless epiglottal fricative

See also
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