pharyngeal consonant

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):

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style="border:1px solid black"\|	style="border:1px solid black"\|voiced pharyngeal fricative	style="border:1px solid black"\|Mishnaic Hebrew	style="border:1px solid black"\|עין	style="border:1px solid black"\|[]	style="border:1px solid black"\|the letter Hebrew alphabet#.26.231506.3B
style="border:1px solid black"\|	style="border:1px solid black"\|voiceless pharyngeal fricative	style="border:1px solid black"\|Mishnaic Hebrew	style="border:1px solid black"\|חית	style="border:1px solid black"\|[]	style="border:1px solid black"\|the letter Hebrew alphabet#.26.231495.3B

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