Thevoiceless glottal affricate is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespokenlanguages. The symbols in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨ʔ͡h⟩ and ⟨ʔ͜h⟩, and the equivalentX-SAMPA symbol is?_h. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨ʔh⟩ in the IPA and?h in X-SAMPA.

Features of the voiceless glottal affricate:

• Itsmanner of articulation isaffricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
• Itsplace of articulation isglottal, which means it is articulated at and by thevocal cords (vocal folds).
• Itsphonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
• It is anoral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
• 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 solely with theintercostal muscles andabdominal muscles, as in most sounds.

• Affricates
• Glottal consonants
• Pulmonic consonants
• Voiceless oral consonants
• Central consonants

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