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The glottal stop is a fairly common sound cross-linguistically. It is a part of the articulation of [[ejective]]s. It is impossible to voice a glottal stop.
The glottal stop is a fairly common sound cross-linguistically. It is a part of the articulation of [[ejective]]s. It is impossible to voice a glottal stop.


===Glottal stops in natlangs===
=Glottal stops in natlangs=
==English==
===British English===
'''[[English]]''' ([[Cockney]] dialect)
'''[[English]]''' ([[Cockney]] dialect)
{|
{|
| Plain || t || bottle /bɒtəl/ [bɒʔɤ]
| Plain || t || bottle /bɒtəl/ [bɒʔɤ]
|}
|}
===American English===
The sound between the vowels in '''uh-uh''', /əʔə/.


'''[[Nahuatl]]'''
'''[[Nahuatl]]'''
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| Plain || h || huehxolotl /weʔʃoɬotɬ/
| Plain || h || huehxolotl /weʔʃoɬotɬ/
|}
|}
===Glottal stops in conlangs===
=Glottal stops in conlangs=
'''[[Ithkuil]]'''
'''[[Ithkuil]]'''
{|
{|

Latest revision as of 06:44, 27 September 2008

ʔ
Pulmonic Consonant
IPA: ʔ
X-SAMPA: ?
Kirshenbaum: ?
Place of Articulation: Glottal
Manner of Articulation: Stop
Phonological features: [+consonantal]
[+constricted glottis]

The glottal stop is a fairly common sound cross-linguistically. It is a part of the articulation of ejectives. It is impossible to voice a glottal stop.

Glottal stops in natlangs

English

British English

English (Cockney dialect)

Plain t bottle /bɒtəl/ [bɒʔɤ]

American English

The sound between the vowels in uh-uh, /əʔə/.

Nahuatl

Plain h huehxolotl /weʔʃoɬotɬ/

Glottal stops in conlangs

Ithkuil

Plain ma’walg /maʔwalg/

Klingon

Plain (')  (Qo') /qχoʔ/