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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''.

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Features

Occurrence

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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

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Abkhaz	аи		'no'	See Abkhaz phonology
Arabic	ألله		'God, 'Allah'	See Arabic phonology
Bikol	''ba-go''		'new'	Certain dialects have ''bag-o''
Burmese	မ္ရစ္‌မ္ယား		'rivers'
Cebuano	''bag-o''		'new'
Chamorro	''halu'u''		'shark'
Czech	''používat''		'to use'	See Czech phonology
Danish	''hånd''		'hand'	See Danish phonology
Dutch	''beamen''		'to affirm'	See Dutch phonology
English (dialectal)	''ca't'''		'cat'	Allophone of . See glottalization and English phonology
Finnish	''linja-auto''		'bus'	See Finnish phonology
French	''les 'h'érissons''		'the hedgehogs'	See French phonology
German (northern dialects)	''Beamter''		'civil servant'	See German phonology
Guaraní	''avañe'’'ẽ''		'Guaraní'	Occurs only between vowels
Hawaiian	''''ele''ele''		'black'	See Hawaiian phonology
Hebrew	אָלֶף־בֵית		'alphabet'	See Hebrew phonology
Indonesian	''ba'k'so''		'green'	Allophone of or in the syllable coda
Japanese	もっと/''motto''		'more'	See Japanese phonology
Kabardian	'I'э		'to tell'
Maltese	'''q'attus''		'cat'
Persian	معني		'meaning'	See Persian phonology
Pirahã	''baí'x'i''		'parent'
Seri	'''h'e''		'I'
Spanish (Paraguayan)	''el débil es...''		'the weak one is...'	See Spanish phonology
Tagalog	''umaasa''		'hoping'
Tahitian	''pua''a''		'pig'
Tongan	''tu''u''		'stand'
Vietnamese	''bà''		'lady'	See Vietnamese phonology
Võro	''pini'q'''		'dogs'
Welayta			'wet'

See also

★ List of phonetics topics

★ Okina

★ Saltillo (linguistics)

★ Stød