pharyngealization
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Pharyngealization or pharyngealisation is a secondary articulation of consonants or vowels by which the pharynx or epiglottis is constricted during the articulation of the sound.
Key facts
- IPA.above
- Epiglottalized
- IPA.ipa symbol
- ◌𐞴
- IPA.ipa number
- 428
- IPA.decimal
- 67508
- IPA.xsampa
- _?\
- IPA.imagefile
- Unicode 1x07B4.svg
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- IPA symbols
- Other systems
- Computing codes
- Usage
- Examples of pharyngealized consonants
- Stops
- Fricatives
- Affricates
- Trills
- Nasals
- Approximants
- Examples of pharyngealized vowels
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
Pharyngealization or pharyngealisation is a secondary articulation of consonants or vowels by which the pharynx or epiglottis is constricted during the articulation of the sound.
==IPA symbols== In the International Phonetic Alphabet, pharyngealization can be indicated by one of two methods: A tilde or swung dash (IPA Number 428) is written through the base letter (typographic overstrike). It is the older and more generic symbol. It indicates velarization, uvularization or pharyngealization, as in , the guttural equivalent of . The symbol (IPA Number 423) – a superscript variant of , the voiced pharyngeal approximant – is written after the base letter. It indicates specifically a pharyngealized consonant, as in , a pharyngealized .