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Glottal stop   /glˈɑtəl stɑp/   Listen
Glottal stop

noun
1.
A stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel.  Synonyms: glottal catch, glottal plosive.





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... of the Introduction refers to "the peculiar vowel sound represented in Arabic by the letter ain ... denoted by the Greek rough breathing". The reference is to the glottal stop. It is represented in this Latin-1 e-text ...
— A Manual of the Malay language - With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay • William Edward Maxwell


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