Voiced epiglottal tap

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Voiced epiglottal tap
ʡ̆
ʢ̆
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The voiced epiglottal or pharyngeal tap or flap is not known to exist as a phoneme in any language. However, it exists as the intervocalic

epiglottal stop /ʡ/ of Dahalo[1]
and perhaps of other languages. It may also exist in
'ayn is too short to be an epiglottal stop, but has too much of a burst to be a fricative or approximant.[2]

There is no dedicated symbol for this sound in the

extra short
" diacritic to the symbol for the stop, ⟨ʡ̆⟩.

Features

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Dahalo[1] [nd̠oːʡ̆o] [Nd̠ódoʡo] 'mud' Intervocalic allophone of the voiceless epiglottal stop /ʡ/, may be an approximant instead.[1]

Notes

References

  • Esling, John (2010), "Phonetic Notation", in Hardcastle, William J.; Laver, John; Gibbon, Fiona E. (eds.), The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences (2nd ed.), Wiley-Blackwell,
  • Maddieson, Ian; Spajić, Siniša; Sands, Bonny; Ladefoged, Peter (1993), "Phonetic structures of Dahalo", in Maddieson, Ian (ed.), UCLA working papers in phonetics: Fieldwork studies of targeted languages, vol. 84, Los Angeles: The UCLA Phonetics Laboratory Group, pp. 25–65