Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
velar, ejective, fricative, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2011, learn, whe. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Velar ejective fricative news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message The velar ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is xʼ Velar ejective fricativexʼAudio sample source source source helpEncodingX SAMPAx gt Contents 1 Features 2 Occurrence 3 See also 4 External linksFeatures EditFeatures of the velar ejective fricative Its manner of articulation is fricative which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation causing turbulence Its place of articulation is velar which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue the dorsum at the soft palate Its phonation is voiceless which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords It is an oral consonant which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only The airstream mechanism is ejective glottalic egressive which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward Occurrence EditOccurrence of xʼ in several languages Language Word IPA MeaningTlingit xʼaaxʼ xʼaːxʼ help info apple Chiwere x aⁿ xʼa life Winnebago x ooke xʼoːkɛ parentsSee also EditList of phonetic topicsExternal links EditList of languages with xʼ on PHOIBLE Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Velar ejective fricative amp oldid 1110946846, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
