Glottal consonant



         


Places of articulation
Labial consonant
Bilabial consonant
Labiodental consonant
Linguolabial consonant
Coronal consonant
Dental consonant
Retroflex consonant
Alveolar consonant
Postalveolar consonant
Alveolo-palatal consonant
Palatal consonant
Labial-palatal consonant
Velar consonant
Labial-velar consonant
Uvular consonant
Pharyngeal consonant
Epiglottal consonant
Glottal consonant


Glottal consonants are consonants articulated with the glottis.

The glottal consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:


IPA SymbolNameExampleMeaning
ʔ Glottal stop Hawai?ian [ʔo.ˈki.na] ?okina
h Voiceless glottal fricative English [hɛn] hen
ɦ Voiced glottal fricative Czech [pra.ɦa] Praha


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