Epiglottal ejective
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| Epiglottal ejective | |
|---|---|
| ʡʼ | |
| IPA Number | 173 401 |
| Encoding | |
| X-SAMPA | >\_> |
| Audio sample | |
The epiglottal ejective stop is a rare consonantal sound. It is found only in some dialects of Dargin, a dialect continuum of over 60 Northeast Caucasian languages, but is absent in the standard literary dialect. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʡʼ⟩.
Features
Features of an epiglottal ejective stop:
- Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also oral, with no nasal outlet, the airflow is blocked entirely, and the consonant is a plosive.
- Its place of articulation is epiglottal, which means it is articulated with the aryepiglottic folds against the epiglottis.
- 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.[citation needed]
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a median consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream down the midline of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.
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