Voiceless epiglottal affricate
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| Voiceless epiglottal affricate | |
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| ʡ͜ʜ | |
| IPA number | 173 172 |
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The voiceless epiglottal affricate ([ʡ͡ʜ] in
voiceless epiglottal fricative [ʜ]. It has not been reported to occur phonemically
in any language except in the Hydaburg dialect of the Haida language.
Features
Features of the voiceless epiglottal affricate:
- Its manner of articulation is affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
- Its epiglottal, which means it is articulated with the aryepiglottic folds against the epiglottis.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- Its intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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| Haida | Hydaburg dialect[1] | [ example needed ]
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May be a stop [ʡ] or voiced [ʡ͜ʢ] instead.[1] | ||
Notes
- ^ a b Mithun (2001), p. 18.
References
- Mithun, Marianne (2001). The Languages of Native North America. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052129875X.
