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The voiced velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɡ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is g. Of the six plosives that would be expected from the most common pattern world-wide, that is, three places of articulation plus voicing ([p b, t d, k ɡ]), [p ...

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• Voiced velar plosive - Features
• Voiced velar plosive - Varieties of [ɡ]
• Voiced velar plosive - In English
• Voiced velar plosive - In other languages
• Voiced velar plosive - The symbol

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The alveolar nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar nasals is n, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is n. Alveolar nasal - Features. Features of the alveolar nasal: Its manner of articulation is stop , which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Its place of artic ...

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The voiced uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʁ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is R. This consonant is one of several collectively called guttural R when found in European languages. Because the IPA symbol stands for both the uvular fricative and the uvular approximant, the fricative nature of this sound may be specified by adding the upt ...

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The voiced retroflex plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɖ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is d`. The IPA symbol is a lowercase letter d with a rightward-pointing tail protruding from the lower right of the letter. Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward pointing hook extending from the bottom of the symbol ...

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• Voiced retroflex plosive - Features
• Voiced retroflex plosive - In English
• Voiced retroflex plosive - In other languages

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The voiceless alveolar fricatives are a type of consonantal sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents these sounds depends on whether a sibilant or non-sibilant fricative is being described. The symbol for the sibilant is s, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is s. The IPA symbol for the non-sibilant alveolar fricative is derived by means of diacritics; it can be θ̠ or Including:

• Voiceless alveolar fricative - The voiceless alveolar sibilant
• Voiceless alveolar fricative - Features
• Voiceless alveolar fricative - In English
• Voiceless alveolar fricative - The voiceless alveolar non-sibilant fricative
• Voiceless alveolar fricative - Features
• Voiceless alveolar fricative - Examples

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Ao is a Kuki-Chin-Naga language (of the Tibeto-Burman family) spoken by the Ao of Nagaland in northeast India. Gordon (2005) estimates that there are 141,000 speakers. Missionary grammars from the late 19th century exist. A grammatical description is Gowda (1975). Coupe (2003) is one of the few acoustic studies published on a Kuki-Chin-Naga language (only three exist). Coupe also has a reference grammar in progress. Ao language - Regional variation. There are 2 main varieties of Ao with various sub-l ...

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• Ao language - Regional variation
• Ao language - Sounds
• Ao language - Consonants
• Ao language - Vowels
• Ao language - Tone
• Ao language - Syllable and phonotactics
• Ao language - Syntax
• Ao language - Orthography
• Ao language - Links
• Ao language - Bibliography

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The voiceless palato-alveolar fricative or domed postalveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is [tʃ], and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is [tS]. Alternatives commonly used in linguistic works, particularly in older or American literature, are č and more rarely tš. Historically, this sound often derives from a former voiceless velar plosive ...

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• Voiceless postalveolar affricate - Features
• Voiceless postalveolar affricate - In English
• Voiceless postalveolar affricate - In Portuguese
• Voiceless postalveolar affricate - In other languages

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The voiceless pharyngeal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is h-bar(ħ), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is X\. Voiceless pharyngeal fricative - Features. Features of the voiceless pharyngeal fricative: Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narr ...

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The voiceless palatal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is c, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is c. Hungarian is one of the few languages with true palatal plosives. More commonly, the symbol /c/ is used to represent a voiceless postalveolar affricate, for example in the Indic languages. This may be ...

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The voiceless palatal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ç, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is C. The symbol ç is the letter c with a cedilla, as used to spell French words like façade, although the sound represented by the letter ç in either French or English orthography is not a voiceless palatal fricative, but simply Including:

• Voiceless palatal fricative - Features
• Voiceless palatal fricative - In English
• Voiceless palatal fricative - In other languages
• Voiceless palatal fricative - German

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The voiceless palato-alveolar fricative or domed postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʃ (which is different from integral symbol ∫), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is S. An alternative symbol used in some ol ...

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• Voiceless postalveolar fricative - Features
• Voiceless postalveolar fricative - In English

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The voiceless retroflex fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʂ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is s`. Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward pointing hook extending from the bottom of the symbol used for the equivalent alveolar consonant, in this case the voiceless alveolar fricative which has the symbol s. The I ...

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• Voiceless retroflex fricative - Features
• Voiceless retroflex fricative - Found in

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The voiceless velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is k, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is k. The [k] sound is a very common sound cross-linguistically. Most languages have at least a plain [k], and some distinguish more than one variety. Many Indian languages, such as Hindi, have a two-way contrast between aspirated and plain [k]. Voi ...

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• Voiceless velar plosive - Features
• Voiceless velar plosive - Varieties of [k]
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• Voiceless velar plosive - In Georgian
• Voiceless velar plosive - In German

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The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is x, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is x. The [x] sound is rare in, but not completely absent from, English. To give English speakers an example of the sound with which they might be familiar, consider the sound represented by "ch" in Scottish loc ...

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• Voiceless velar fricative - Features
• Voiceless velar fricative - Varieties of [x]
• Voiceless velar fricative - In English
• Voiceless velar fricative - In other languages
• Voiceless velar fricative - Armenian
• Voiceless velar fricative - Assamese
• Voiceless velar fricative - Czech
• Voiceless velar fricative - Dutch
• Voiceless velar fricative - Esperanto
• Voiceless velar fricative - Georgian
• Voiceless velar fricative - German
• Voiceless velar fricative - Polish
• Voiceless velar fricative - Russian
• Voiceless velar fricative - Spanish
• Voiceless velar fricative - Welsh

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The voiceless uvular plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is pronounced like [k], except that the tongue makes contact not on the hard palate but on the uvula. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is q, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is q. Voiceless uvular plosive - Features. Features of the voiceless uvular plosive: Its manner of articulation is ...

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The voiceless retroflex plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʈ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is t`. Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward pointing hook extending from the bottom of the symbol used for the equivalent alveolar consonant, in this case the voiceless alveolar plosive which has the symbol t. If lowerc ...

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• Voiceless retroflex plosive - Features
• Voiceless retroflex plosive - In English
• Voiceless retroflex plosive - In other languages
• Voiceless retroflex plosive - Swedish

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The voiceless labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is f, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is f. Voiceless labiodental fricative - Features. Features of the voiceless labiodental fricative: Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at ...

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The voiceless glottal transition, commonly called a "fricative", is a type of sound used in some spoken languages which often behaves like a consonant, but sometimes behaves more like a vowel, or is indeterminate in its behavior. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is h, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is h. Voiceless glottal fricative - Features. Features of the "voiceless glottal fricative": ...

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• Voiceless glottal fricative - Basque
• Voiceless glottal fricative - Finnish
• Voiceless glottal fricative - German
• Voiceless glottal fricative - Kazakh
• Voiceless glottal fricative - Romanian
• Voiceless glottal fricative - Spanish
• Voiceless glottal fricative - Uzbek

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The bilabial trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʙ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is B\. Bilabial trill - Features. Features of the bilabial trill: Its manner of articulation is trill, which means it is produced by vibrations of the articulators. In most instances, it is only found as the trilled release of a prenasa ...

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• Bilabial trill - Features
• Bilabial trill - In English
• Bilabial trill - In other languages
• Bilabial trill - Amuzgo
• Bilabial trill - Baka
• Bilabial trill - Northwest Caucasian languages
• Bilabial trill - Pirahã
• Bilabial trill - Yi

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The bilabial nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is m, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is m. The bilabial nasal occurs in English, and it is the sound represented by "m" in map and bum. Bilabial nasal - Features. Features of the bilabial nasal: Its manner of articulation is stop, which means it is prod ...

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Burping, also known as belching, ructus or eructation, is the release of gas from the digestive tract (mainly esophagus and stomach) through the mouth. It is often audible. Burping - Physiology. Burping is typically caused by eating or drinking too fast, and thereby swallowing (aerophagia) and subsequently expelling air, in which case the expelled gas is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. Burps can also be caused by imbibing carbonated drinks such as beer, soft drinks, or champagne, in w ...

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• Burping - Social context and etiquette
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