Glottal stop

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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 (Cockney dialect)

Plain t bottle /bɒtəl/ [bɒʔɤ]
h house /haʊs/ [ʔaʊs]

Nahuatl

Plain h huehxotl /weʔʃotɬ/

Glottal stops in conlangs

Ithkuil

Plain ma’walg /maʔwalg/