Velar ejective fricative

The velar ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .

Velar ejective fricative
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Features

Features of the velar ejective fricative:

  • Its phonation 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 only.

Occurrence

LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Tlingitáa[xʼáːxʼ] 'apple'
gollark: You will never be asked to memorise it because that would be stupid.
gollark: Yes, but ridiculously big.
gollark: Well. There's a cubic formula, but it's long and nobody likes it.
gollark: No.
gollark: x³ + x² + x + 1 = 0 has 3 solutions because it has a degree of 3 for instance.

See also

  • List of phonetic topics
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