Glottal stop
Sound made by stopping airflow in the glottis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the sound in spoken language. For the letter, see Glottal stop (letter). For consonants followed by superscript ˀ, see Glottalization.
The glottal stop or glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʔ⟩.
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ʔ | |||
IPA Number | 113 | ||
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Entity (decimal) | ʔ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+0294 | ||
X-SAMPA | ? | ||
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As a result of the obstruction of the airflow in the glottis, the glottal vibration either stops or becomes irregular with a low rate and sudden drop in intensity.[1]