GlottalHere we have information about glottals. We will define what a glottal is, show you some examples of words that contain a glottal, and even provide audio recordings so that you can listen to these examples, solidifying your overall understanding of glottals.
Glottal sounds are produced when the vocal folds rapidly close. There is debate about whether or not they really have a place of articulation or if glottal sounds even qualify as a true consonant.
Two sounds that are classified as glottals include h and h, which are both notated on the IPA chart of American English consonants.
A couple of examples of words that contain these sounds are “Hippo” and “Happen.” Below you can see their IPA transcriptions with the glottal indicated by a color.
We have also recorded these words for your convenience. For each example, you will first hear the pronunciation of the glottal, followed by the word.
Hippo = [hɪpo]
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Happen = [hæpɪn]
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American English IPA Consonants
Go here to view all of the American English IPA consonants in their sound classification chart.
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