An epiglotal consonant is a consonant articulated with the aryepiglottic folds (see larynx) against the epiglottis. Sometimes they are called aryepiglottal consonants. Epiglottal consonants in AFI

The epiglotonic consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are: characteristics

Epiglotals are not known in many languages. This may make it difficult for linguists who speak European languages ​​to recognize them. On several occasions, when supposed pharyngeal consonants were recorded, they were epiglotals. This was the case for Dahalo, for example. Epiglotals are primarily known in the Middle-East (in Semitic languages) and British Columbia, but can occur anywhere. It is likely that several of the Salish or Wakashan languages ​​of British Columbia reported to have "pharyngeal" would in fact have epiglotals, and the same can be said for some Caucasus languages.

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