Voiceless Pharyngeal Fricative
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Unicode
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IPA - image
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X-SAMPA
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X\
Kirshenbaum
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H
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The
voiceless pharyngeal fricative
is a type of
consonantal
sound, used in some
spoken
languages
. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
that represents this sound is , and the equivalent
X-SAMPA
symbol is
X\
. Features of this consonant:
Its
manner of articulation
is
fricative
, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing
turbulence
.
Its
place of articulation
is
pharyngeal
which means it is articulated with the root of the
tongue
against the
pharynx
Its
phonation
type is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
It is an
oral consonant
, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
It is a
central consonant
, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
The
airstream mechanism
is
pulmonic egressive
, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the
lungs
and through the vocal tract, rather than from the
glottis
or the mouth.
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