Pharyngeal consonant

A pharyngeal consonant is a type of consonant which is articulated with the root of the tongue against the pharynx. The pharyngeal consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are: {|\n!IPA Symbol!!Name!!colspan="2"|Example!!Meaning\n|-\n| style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ħ || Voiceless pharyngeal fricative\n| Mishnaic Hebrew || [ħeːθ] || חית ḥêth\n| \n|-\n| style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ʕ || Voiced pharyngeal fricative\n| Mishnaic Hebrew || [ˈʕaː.jin̪] || עין ‘áyin\n|\n|}

See also

\n*place of articulation\n*list of phonetics topics