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Uvular–epiglottal consonant

Consonant that is doubly articulated at the uvula and the epiglottis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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A uvular–epiglottal consonant is a doubly articulated consonant pronounced by making a simultaneous uvular consonant and epiglottal consonant. An example is the Somali "uvular" plosive /q/, which is a voiceless uvular–epiglottal plosive [q͜ʡ], as in [q͜ʡíìq͜ʡ] 'to emit smoke'.[1]

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