Avoiced epiglottal orpharyngeal tap orflap is a type ofconsonantal sound used in some spoken languages, though it is not known to exist as aphoneme in any language.

There is no dedicated symbol for this sound in theIPA, but it can be transcribed by adding an "extra short" diacritic to the symbol for the stop, ⟨ʡ̆⟩, or equivalently ⟨ʡ̮⟩ to avoid a clash with the ascender.^[1]John Esling uses the transcription ⟨ʕ̆⟩.^[2]

• Itsmanner of articulation istap or flap, which means it is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator (usually the tongue) is thrown against another.
• Itsplace of articulation isepiglottal, which means it is articulated with thearyepiglottic folds against theepiglottis.
• Itsphonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
• 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.

According toJohn Esling, it may also exist inIraqi Arabic, where the consonantayin is too short to be an epiglottal stop, but has too much of a burst to be a fricative or approximant.^[2]

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