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line-height:1.25; border-top:1px solid #999;padding-top:0.5em">This page contains <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonetic" title="Phonetic">phonetic</a> information in <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>, which may not display correctly in some browsers. <b><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_in_Unicode#Fonts" title="IPA in Unicode">Help</a></b>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><small class="editlink"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:Place_of_articulation&action=edit" class="external" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:Place of articulation&action=edit" rel="nofollow">[Edit]</a><span class="urlexpansion"> (<i>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:Place_of_articulation&action=edit</i>)</span></small></td> </tr> </table> <p><br/> <b>Glottal consonants</b> are <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonant" title="Consonant">consonants</a> articulated with the <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottis" title="Glottis">glottis</a>.</p> <p>Glottal consonants in the <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">International Phonetic Alphabet</a>:</p> <p><br/></p> <table border="1px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tr style="background:gray; color:white; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <th style="border:1px solid black" rowspan="2">IPA</th> <th style="border:1px solid black" rowspan="2">Description</th> <th style="border:1px solid black" colspan="4">Example</th> </tr> <tr style="background:gray; color:white; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <td style="border:1px solid black">Language</td> <td style="border:1px solid black">Orthography</td> <td style="border:1px solid black">IPA</td> <td style="border:1px solid black">Meaning</td> </tr> <tr> <th style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Xsampa-questionmark.png" class="image" title="Image:Xsampa-questionmark.png"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20050131045838im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Xsampa-questionmark.png" alt="Image:Xsampa-questionmark.png" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Xsampa-questionmark.png"/></a></th> <td style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop" title="Glottal stop">voicless glottal stop</a></td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_language" title="Hawaiian language">Hawai‘ian</a></td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><font color="#FF0000">‘</font>okina</td> <td style="border:1px solid black">[<span class="IPA" style="font-family:Lucida Grande, Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode, Gentium, Code2000; font-family /**/:inherit;">ʔo.ˈki.na</span>]</td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okina" title="Okina">‘okina</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Xsampa-hslash.png" class="image" title="Image:Xsampa-hslash.png"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20050131045838im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/Xsampa-hslash.png" alt="Image:Xsampa-hslash.png" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Xsampa-hslash.png"/></a></th> <td style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_glottal_fricative" title="Voiced glottal fricative">voiced glottal fricative</a></td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a></td> <td style="border:1px solid black">Pra<font color="#FF0000">h</font>a</td> <td style="border:1px solid black">[<span class="IPA" style="font-family:Lucida Grande, Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode, Gentium, Code2000; font-family /**/:inherit;">pra.ɦa</span>]</td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Xsampa-h.png" class="image" title="Image:Xsampa-h.png"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20050131045838im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/Xsampa-h.png" alt="Image:Xsampa-h.png" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Xsampa-h.png"/></a></th> <td style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_glottal_fricative" title="Voiceless glottal fricative">voiceless glottal fricative</a></td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><font color="#FF0000">h</font>at</td> <td style="border:1px solid black">[<span class="IPA" style="font-family:Lucida Grande, Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode, Gentium, Code2000; font-family /**/:inherit;">h鎡</span>]</td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat" title="Hat">hat</a></td> </tr> </table> <p><br/> Note:</p> <ul> <li>The <i>glottal stop</i> occurs in many languages. Often, all vocal attacks are preceded by a voiceless glottal stop, for exemple in <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>. The <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French language</a> distinguishes between the letter H normally not pronounced – also with "liaison" – and the <i>glottal stop</i> letter H, like in the word "les h閞os" <i>(don't pronounce "les <b>z</b>閞os")</i>. The <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_language" title="Hawaiian language">Hawaiian language</a> writes the glottal stop as an opening single quote <b>‘</b>. Some languages like the Arabic have a dedicated letter <i>(called "Hamza")</i> for the glottal stop consonant. For more details on this topic, see: <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop" title="Glottal stop">Glottal stop</a>.</li> </ul> <p><br/></p> <p><br/></p> <div class="editsection" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">[<a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glottal_consonant&action=edit&section=1" title="Glottal consonant">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="See_also" id="See_also"></a></p> <h2>See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottalic_consonant" title="Glottalic consonant">Glottalic consonant</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_of_articulation" title="Place of articulation">Place of articulation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phonetics_topics" title="List of phonetics topics">List of phonetics topics</a></li> </ul> <p><br/></p> <div class="printfooter"> Retrieved from "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_consonant">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_consonant</a>"</div> <div id="catlinks"><p class="catlinks"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Categories&article=Glottal_consonant" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pages_containing_IPA" title="Category:Pages containing IPA">Pages containing IPA</a> | <a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Phonetics" title="Category:Phonetics">Phonetics</a></p></div>  <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="column-one"> <div id="p-cactions" class="portlet"> <h5>Views</h5> <ul> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_consonant">Article</a></li><li id="ca-talk"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Glottal_consonant">Discussion</a></li><li id="ca-edit"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glottal_consonant&action=edit">Edit this page</a></li><li id="ca-history"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glottal_consonant&action=history">History</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="portlet" id="p-personal"> <h5>Personal tools</h5> <div class="pBody"> <ul> <li id="pt-login"><a href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=Glottal_consonant">Create account / log in</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="portlet" id="p-logo"> <a style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20050131045838im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Wiki.png);" href="/web/20050131045838/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page"></a> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> if (window.isMSIE55) fixalpha(); 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