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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 Symbol | Name | Example | Meaning | ||
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| ħ | Voiceless pharyngeal fricative | Mishnaic Hebrew | [ħeːθ] | חית ḥêth | |
| ʕ | Voiced pharyngeal fricative | Mishnaic Hebrew | [ˈʕaː.jin̪] | עין ?áyin | |