Voiced uvular affricate
ɢʁ
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Avoiced uvular affricate is a rare type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespokenlanguages. The symbols in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨ɢ͡ʁ⟩ and ⟨ɢ͜ʁ⟩. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨ɢʁ⟩. This affricate also has anaffricate ligature ⟨⟩.

Features of a voiced uvular 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 isuvular, which means it is articulated with the back of thetongue (the dorsum) at theuvula.
• 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 amedian consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream down the midline 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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• Median consonants
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