Avoiceless uvular-epiglottal plosive is a type ofconsonantal sound used in somespoken languages. It is a[q] and[ʡ] pronounced simultaneously. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is⟨q͡ʡ⟩.

Features of a voiceless uvular-epiglottal plosive are:

• Itsmanner of articulation isocclusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also oral, with nonasal outlet, the airflow is blocked entirely, and the consonant is aplosive.
• Itsplace of articulation isuvular–epiglottal, which means that it is simultaneously articulated with the back part of thetongue (the dorsum) against theuvula and theepiglottis. The laryngeal closure is made and released slightly before the dorsal closure, but they overlap for most of their duration.

• Itsphonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
• It is anoral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
• It is acentral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
• Itsairstream mechanism ispulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air only with theintercostal muscles andabdominal muscles, as in most sounds.

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