Pharyngeal_consonant Pharyngeal_consonant

Pharyngeal consonant - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Allophone, Alveolar, Apical, Articulation, Aspiration, Assimilated, Assimilation, Back, Bilabial, Central, Cerebral, Check, Consonant, Dental, Diphthong, Dissimilation
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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A pharyngeal consonant is a type of consonant which is articulated with the root of the tongue against the pharynx.

Pharyngeal consonants in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA):

IPA Description Example
Language Orthography IPA Meaning
Image:Xsampa-qmarkslash.png voiced pharyngeal fricative Mishnaic Hebrew עין [ˈʕaː.jin̪] the letter ʿáyin
Image:Xsampa-Xslash.png voiceless pharyngeal fricative Mishnaic Hebrew חית [ħeːθ] the letter ḥêṯ

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Example Usage of Pharyngeal
rickybello: @Pharyngeal of damn it that's a the time I get out of my job lol
pharyngeal: @rickybello Oh. Ha. Well I have a dysfunctional schedule. I woke up at about 1:30AM.
rickybello: @Pharyngeal Dominican republic but what time is it you waking up this time
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