Glottal stop
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A glottal stop, glottal plosive, or glottal catch is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis. It i
Road sign in British Columbia showing the use of the digit ⟨7⟩ to represent /ʔ/ in Squamish.
The International Phonetic Alphabet is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association, starting in the late 19t
Glottal stop
…airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis. It is familiar to English speakers as the catch in the middle of "uh-oh". The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨⟩. As a result of the action of the glottis, glottal vibration either stops or becomes irregular with a low rate and…
![X-ray photos show the sounds [i, u, a, ɑ].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Cardinal_vowels-Jones_x-ray.jpg/500px-Cardinal_vowels-Jones_x-ray.jpg)
X-ray photos show the sounds [i, u, a, ɑ].