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The video clips on this page accompany the article on pharyngeal phonetics by John H. Esling. (1999). The IPA categories "pharyngeal" and "epiglottal": Laryngoscopic observations of pharyngeal articulations and larynx height. Language & Speech, 42(4), 349-372.

The illustrations, as described in the article, show the intervocalic production of seven glottal and pharyngeal consonants - ihi, i?i, iûi, iÀi, iði, iKi and i¹i- in three larynx-height conditions (raised larynx voice, modal voice, lowered larynx voice). Because larynx height is a controlled parameter in this presentation, K and ¹ are produced consistently with trilling (of the aryepiglottic folds against the epiglottal surface).

To view the videos*, choose the appropriate glottal or
pharyngeal consonant from the menus below.


*note:

- video files are 370KB QuickTime movies.  
-some of the above text has been rendered with the SIL phonetic fontset.

This page was last updated 16-OCT-2000 by the Linguistics webmeister