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
![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].
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
International Phonetic Alphabet
…letters. For this reason, most letters are either Latin, Greek, or modifications thereof. Some letters are neither: for example, the letter denoting the glottal stop, ⟨⟩, originally had the form of a question mark with the dot removed. A few letters, such as that of the voiced pharyngeal fricative, ⟨⟩, were inspired…
Road sign in British Columbia showing the use of the digit ⟨7⟩ to represent /ʔ/ in Squamish.