| Epiglottal plosive (pharyngeal plosive) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ʡ | |||
| IPA number | 173 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | ʡ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+02A1 | ||
| X-SAMPA | >\ | ||
| Braille | |||
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Anepiglottal orpharyngeal plosive (orstop) is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespokenlanguages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʡ⟩.
Esling (2010) describes the sounds covered by the term "epiglottal plosive" as an "active closure by the aryepiglottic pharyngeal stricture mechanism" – that is, a stop produced by thearyepiglottic folds within the pharynx.[1]

Features of an epiglottal stop:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amis[citation needed] | 'u'ul | [ʡuʡuɺ̠ᵊ] | 'fog' | May have a trilled release,[ʡʢ]. | |
| Archi[2] | гӀарз/g'arz | [ʡarz] | 'complaint' | ||
| Dahalo[3] | [tɬʼaːʡa]ⓘ | 'lake' | |||
| Haida[citation needed] | Northern dialects | g̱antl | [ʡʌntɬ] | 'water' | Corresponds to /q/ in southern dialects. |
| Ingush[4] | Ӏам/wam | [ʡam] | 'lake, pond' | ||