Creaky-voiced glottal approximant
| Creaky-voiced glottal approximant | |
|---|---|
| ʔ̞ | |
| ʔ̰ | |
| Audio sample | |
The creaky-voiced glottal approximant is a consonant sound in some languages. In the IPA, it is transcribed as ⟨ʔ̞⟩ or ⟨ʔ̰⟩.[1] It involves tension in the glottis and diminution of airflow, compared to surrounding vowels, but not full occlusion. It is an intervocalic allophone of a glottal stop in many languages. It is reported to be contrastive only in Gimi in which it is phonologically the voiced equivalent of the glottal stop /ʔ/.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Kehrein & Golston (2004) "A prosodic theory of laryngeal contrasts", Phonology 21.3
- ^ Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. pp. 77–78. ISBN 0-631-19815-6.
