Uvular stop
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title:
Uvular stop
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In phonetics and phonology, a uvular stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with the back of the tongue in contact with the uvula, which hangs down in front of the throat, held tightly enough to block the passage of air. Uvular stops are acoustically similar to but less common than the velar stops, and do not occur in English. Uvular stops are common in certain parts of the world, e.g. the Caucasian languages and the Pacific Northwest languages of North America. However, they are unattested i
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Consonantal sound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvular_stop
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2020-12-24T15:25:21Z
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