The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.It was part of the consonant inventory of Old English and can still be found in some dialects of English, most notably in Scottish English, e.g. in loch, broch or saugh (willow).. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is x , the Latin letter x.

The voiceless uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is χ , the Greek chi.The sound is represented by x̣ (ex with underdot) in Americanist phonetic notation.It is sometimes transcribed with x (or r , if rhotic) in broad transcription.

The voiceless labial–velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in spoken languages.The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʍ .. Some linguists posit voiceless approximants distinct from voiceless fricatives. To them, English /ʍ/ is an approximant [w̥], a labialized glottal fricative [hʷ] or an [hw] sequence, not a velar fricative, …

The voiced velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound that is used in various spoken languages.It is not found in Modern English but existed in Old English. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɣ , a Latinized variant of the Greek letter gamma, γ , which has this sound in Modern Greek.It should not be confused with the …

The voiced alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar trills is r , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is r.It is commonly called the rolled R, rolling R, or trilled R.Quite often, r is used in phonemic transcriptions (especially those found in …

Ch is a digraph in the Latin script.It is treated as a letter of its own in Chamorro, Old Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Igbo, Uzbek, Quechua, Guarani, Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Ukrainian Łatynka and Belarusian Łacinka alphabets.Formerly ch was also considered a separate letter for collation purposes in Modern Spanish, Vietnamese, and sometimes in Polish; now the digraph ch in …

Northern or North Sámi (English: / ˈ s ɑː m i / SAH-mee; Northern Sami: davvisámegiella [ˈtavːiːˌsaːmeˌkie̯lːa]; Finnish: pohjoissaame [ˈpohjoi̯ˌsːɑːme]; Norwegian: nordsamisk; Swedish: nordsamiska; disapproved exonym Lappish or Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sámi languages.The area where Northern Sámi is spoken covers the northern parts of Norway, …

Occasionally, the glottal "fricatives" are called approximants, since [h] typically has no more frication than voiceless approximants, but they are often phonations of the glottis without any accompanying manner or place of articulation. Central approximants. bilabial approximant [β̞] (usually transcribed β ) labiodental approximant [ʋ]

Stops or plosives are consonant sounds that are formed by completely stopping airflow.. Stop sounds can be voiceless, like the sounds /p/, /t/, and /k/, or voiced, like /b/, /d/, and /g/. In phonetics, a plosive consonant is made by blocking a part of the mouth so that no air can pass through. Pressure builds up behind the block, and when the air is allowed to pass through …

The phonology of Standard German is the standard pronunciation or accent of the German language.It deals with current phonology and phonetics as well as with historical developments thereof as well as the geographical variants and the influence of German dialects.. While the spelling of German is officially standardised by an international organisation (the Council for …