Voiceless Epiglottal Affricate
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The voiceless epiglottal affricate ( in IPA) is a rare
affricate consonant An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal). It is often difficult to decide if a stop and fricative form a single phoneme or a consonant pai ...
that is initiated as an epiglottal stop and released as a voiceless epiglottal fricative . It has not been reported to occur phonemically in any language except in the Hydaburg dialect of the Haida language.


Features

Features of the voiceless epiglottal affricate:


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voiceless Epiglottal Affricate Affricates Pulmonic consonants Voiceless oral consonants Central consonants