Epiglottal ejective stop explained

Above:	Epiglottal or pharyngeal ejective
Ipa Number:	173 + 401
Ipa Symbol:	ʡʼ
X-Sampa:	>\_>

The epiglottal or pharyngeal ejective is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|ʡʼ).

Features

Features of the pharyngeal ejective:

Occurrence

A pharyngeal ejective has been reported in varieties of Dargwa, a Northeast Caucasian language.

See also

• List of phonetics topics

References

pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

1. Book: Daniel. Michael. The Mehweb language: Essays on phonology, morphology and syntax. Dobrushina. Nina. Ganenkov. Dmitry. Berlin. Language Science Press. 2019. Languages of the Caucasus. 1. 978-3-96110-208-2. 10.5281/zenodo.3374730. /20.500.12657/23417.