Glottal consonant
| Places of articulation |
| Labial consonant |
| Bilabial consonant |
| Labiodental consonant |
| Linguolabial consonant |
| Coronal consonant |
| Interdental consonant |
| Dental consonant |
| Retroflex consonant |
| Alveolar consonant |
| Postalveolar consonant |
| Alveolo-palatal consonant |
| Dorsal consonant |
| Palatal consonant |
| Labial-palatal consonant |
| Velar consonant |
| Labial-velar consonant |
| Uvular consonant |
| Pharyngeal consonant |
| Epiglottal consonant |
| Glottal consonant |
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Glottal consonants are consonants articulated with the glottis.
Glottal consonants in the International Phonetic Alphabet:
| IPA | Description | Example | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning | ||
| voiceless glottal stop | Hawaiian | okina | [ʔo.ˈki.na] | okina | |
| voiced glottal fricative | Czech | Praha | [pra.ɦa] | Prague | |
| voiceless glottal fricative | English | hat | [hæt] | hat | |
The glottal stop occurs in many languages. Often, all vocal attacks are preceded by a voiceless glottal stop, for exemple in German. The French language distinguishes between the letter H normally not pronounced – also with "liaison" – and the glottal stop letter H, like in the word "les héros" (don't pronounce "les zéros"). The Hawaiian language writes the glottal stop as an opening single quote . Some languages like the Arabic have a dedicated letter (called "Hamza") for the glottal stop consonant. For more details on this topic, see: Glottal stop.
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