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Pharyngealization — is a secondary articulation of consonants or vowels by which the pharynx or epiglottis is constricted during the articulation of the sound. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, pharyngealization can be indicated by one of two methods: #A tilde … Wikipedia
pharyngealize — pharyngealization, n. /feuh rin jee euh luyz , jeuh luyz , far euhn jee euh luyz /, v.t., pharyngealized, pharyngealizing. Phonet. to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation. Also, pharyngalize /feuh ring geuh luyz /; esp. Brit., pharyngealise,… … Universalium
Tsez language — Tsez цезяс мец / cezyas mec Pronunciation [t͡sɛzˈjas mɛt͡s] Spoken in Russia Region Southern Dagestan … Wikipedia
Arabic language — Arabic redirects here. For other uses, see Arabic (disambiguation). For the literary standard, see Modern Standard Arabic. For vernaculars, see varieties of Arabic. For others, see Arabic languages. Arabic العربية/عربي/عربى al ʿarabiyyah/ʿarabī … Wikipedia
Moroccan Arabic — مغربي Maġribi Pronunciation [mɑɣribi] Spoken in Morocco Native speakers 21 million (1995) … Wikipedia
Advanced and retracted tongue root — In phonetics, advanced tongue root and retracted tongue root, abbreviated ±ATR, are contrasting states of the root of the tongue during the pronunciation of vowels in some languages, especially in West Africa. It has in the past been suggested… … Wikipedia
Old Chinese phonology — The phonology of Old Chinese describes the language reflected by the rhymes of the Shijing and the phonetic components of Chinese characters, corresponding to the earlier half of the 1st millennium BC. Scholars have attempted to reconstruct the… … Wikipedia
Place of articulation — In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation (also point of articulation) of a consonant is the point of contact, where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an active (moving) articulator (typically some part of the tongue)… … Wikipedia
Dida language — Dida Spoken in Ivory Coast Native speakers 200,000 (1993) Language family Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kru … Wikipedia
Ubykh phonology — Ubykh, a North West Caucasian language, has the largest consonant inventory of all documented languages which do not use clicks, and also has the most disproportional ratio of phonemic consonants to vowels. It also possesses consonants at at… … Wikipedia
