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Pharyngeal 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


A pharyngeal consonant is a type of consonant which is articulated with the root of the tongue against the pharynx.

The pharyngeal consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:


IPA SymbolNameExampleMeaning
ħ Voiceless pharyngeal fricative Mishnaic Hebrew [ħeːθ] חית ḥêth
ʕ Voiced pharyngeal fricative Mishnaic Hebrew [ˈʕaː.jin̪] עין ?áyin


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