Uvular ejective fricative

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The uvular ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨χʼ⟩.

Features[]

Features of the uvular ejective fricative:

• Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
• Its place of articulation is uvular, which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) at the uvula.
• Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
• It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
• The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.

Occurrence[]

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Tlingit		xh'aan	[χʼàːn] (help·info)	'fire'
Lakota		ȟ'okȟá	[χʼo.k͡xa]	'drummer'

An allophone of /qʼ/ in Georgian.^[1]

See also[]

• Index of phonetics articles

References[]

External links[]

• List of languages with [χʼ] on PHOIBLE