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The voiceless uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is pronounced like a voiceless velar plosive [k] , except that the tongue makes contact not on the soft palate but on the uvula .
The voiceless labial–uvular plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is a and pronounced simultaneously. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is q͡p . [1] [2] [3]
The voiceless uvular fricative [χ] is similar to the voiceless velar fricative [x], except that it is articulated near the uvula. It is found in Georgian, and instead of [x] in some dialects of German, Spanish , and colloquial Arabic , as well as in some Dutch varieties and in standard Afrikaans .
The most common sound is the voiceless stop [q]. This sound is well known in Arabic, and occurs (at least in Standard Arabic) in words such as Quran (Koran), Qatar, and Al-Qahira (Arabic for Cairo). More generally, several kinds are distinguished: [q], voiceless uvular plosive [ɢ], voiced uvular plosive [ɴ], uvular nasal [qʼ], uvular ejective
voiceless labialized velar plosive [kʷ] voiced labialized velar plosive [ɡʷ] Voiceless labialized labial-velar plosive [k͜pʷ] voiceless labialized uvular plosive [qʷ] voiced labialized uvular plosive [ɢʷ] Fricatives. voiceless labialized velar fricative [xʷ] [ʍ] voiced labialized velar fricative [ɣʷ] voiceless labialized uvular ...
Initial voiceless plosives, like the p in pie, are aspirated, with a palpable puff of air upon release, whereas a plosive after an s, as in spy, is tenuis (unaspirated). When spoken near a candle flame, the flame will flicker more after the words par, tar, and car are articulated, compared with spar, star, and scar .
The voiceless uvular-epiglottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is a [ q ] and [ ʡ ] pronounced simultaneously. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is q͡ʡ .
The voiced uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɢ , a small capital version of the Latin letter g, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is G\. [ɢ] is a rare sound, even compared to other uvulars. [1]