Creaky-voiced glottal approximant explained

Above:Creaky-voiced glottal approximant
Ipa Symbol:ʔ̞
Ipa Symbol2:ʔ̰
Ipa Symbol3:ʔ̬

The creaky-voiced glottal approximant is a consonant sound in some languages. In the IPA, it is transcribed as (IPA|ʔ̞), (IPA|ʔ̰), or (IPA|ʔ̬).[1] It involves tension in the glottis and diminution of airflow, compared to surrounding vowels, but not full occlusion.

Features

Features of the creaky-voiced glottal approximant:

Occurrence

It is an intervocalic allophone of a glottal stop in many languages.

!Language!Family!Word!IPA!Meaning!Notes
GimiPapuanpronounced as //oʔ̞o//'a grub'It is reported to be contrastive in which it is phonologically the voiced equivalent of the glottal stop pronounced as //ʔ//. Indicated as pronounced as //ʔ// by one author.[2]
Tundra NenetsSamoyedic[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

See also

References

pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

  1. Kehrein . Wolfgang . Golston . Chris . A prosodic theory of laryngeal contrasts . Phonology . 2005 . 21 . 3 . 325–357 . 10.1017/S0952675704000302. 62734231 .
  2. Gimi Organised Phonology Data. [Manuscript] http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=928474542483
  3. Katz, Hartmut. 1975. Generative Phonologie und phonologische Sprachbunde des Ostjakischen und Samojedischen. (Münchener Universit"ats-Schriften, Finnisch-ugrische Bibliothek, 1.) München: Universit"at München.
  4. Tereshchenko, N. M. 1966. Neneckij jazyk. In Lytkin, V. I. and Majtinskaja, K. E. (eds.), Jazyki narodov SSSR. Volume 3: Finno-ugorskie i samodijskie jazyki, 376–395. Moscow / Leningrad: Nauka.
  5. Décsy, Gyula. 1966. Yurak Chrestomathy. (Indiana University Publications, Uralic and Altaic Series, 50.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
  6. Hajdú, Peter. 1963. The Samoyed Peoples and Languages. (Indiana University Publications, Uralic and Altaic Series, 14.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
  7. Ristinen, Elaine K. 1965. On the Phonemes of Nenets. Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher 40. 22–44.
  8. Ristinen, Elaine K. 1968. Problems Concerning Vowel Length in Nenets. Ural-Altaisches Journal 40. 22–44.

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