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The glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is . The glottal stop is the sound made when the vocal cords are pressed together to stop the flow of air and then released; for example, the break separating the syllables of the interjection ''uh-oh''.

Features

Features of the glottal stop:

  • Its manner of articulation is plosive or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.

  • Its place of articulation is glottal which means it is articulated by the vocal folds.

  • 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.

  • Because it is pronounced in the throat; without a component in the mouth, the central/lateral dichotomy does not apply.

  • 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.


    • Occurrence

    ! colspan="2"|Language !! Word !! IPA!! Meaning !! Notes
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Abkhaz ||align="center"| аи ||align="center"| ||align="center"|'no'|| See Abkhaz phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Arabic ||align="center"| ألله ||align="center"| ||align="center"|'God, 'Allah'|| See Arabic phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Bikol ||align="center"| ''ba-go'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'new'|| Certain dialects have ''bag-o''
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Burmese ||align="center"| မ္ရစ္‌မ္ယား ||align="center"| ||align="center"|'rivers'||
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Cebuano ||align="center"| ''bag-o'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"|'new'||
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Chamorro ||align="center"| ''halu'u'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"|'shark'||
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Czech ||align="center"| ''používat'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'to use'|| See Czech phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Danish ||align="center"| ''hånd'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'hand'|| See Danish phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Dutch ||align="center"| ''beamen'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'to affirm'|| See Dutch phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| English ||align="center"| ''cat'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'cat'|| Dialectal. Allophone of . See glottalization and English phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Finnish||align="center"| ''linja-auto'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'bus'|| See Finnish phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| French ||align="center"| ''les hérissons'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'the hedgehogs'|| See French phonology
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    | align="center"| German || align="center"|northern dialects ||align="center"| ''Beamter'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'civil servant'|| See German phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Guaraní ||align="center"| ''avañe’ẽ'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'Guaraní'|| Occurs only between vowels
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Hawaiian||align="center"| ''eleele'' ||align="center"|||align="center"| 'black'|| See Hawaiian phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Hebrew||align="center"| אָלֶף־בֵית ||align="center"|||align="center"| 'alphabet'|| See Hebrew phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Indonesian||align="center"| ''bakso'' ||align="center"|||align="center"| 'green'|| Allophone of or in the syllable coda
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Japanese ||align="center"| もっと/''motto'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'more'|| See Japanese phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Kabardian ||align="center"| Iэ ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'to tell'||
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Maltese ||align="center"| ''qattus'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'cat'||
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Persian||align="center"| معني ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'meaning'|| See Persian phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Pirahã ||align="center"| ''baíxi'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"|'parent'||
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Seri ||align="center"| ''he'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'I'||
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    | align="center"| Spanish || align="center"| Paraguayan||align="center"| ''el débil es...'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'the weak one is...'|| See Spanish phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Tagalog ||align="center"| ''umaasa'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'hoping'|| This occurs most commonly in Batangan Tagalog
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Tahitian ||align="center"| ''puaa'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'pig'||
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Tongan ||align="center"| ''tuu'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'stand'||
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Vietnamese ||align="center"| ''bà'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'lady'|| See Vietnamese phonology
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Võro ||align="center"| ''piniq'' ||align="center"| ||align="center"| 'dogs'||
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    | colspan="2" align="center"| Welayta ||colspan="2" align="center"| ||align="center"| 'wet'||


    See also
  • List of phonetics topics

  • Okina

  • Saltillo (linguistics)

  • Stød


    • Category:Consonants

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