Uvular–epiglottal consonant

Tongue shape
Places of articulation
Labial Bilabial Labial–velar Labial–coronal Labiodental Dentolabial Bidental Coronal Linguolabial Interdental Dental Denti-alveolar Alveolar Coronal–velar Postalveolar Palato-alveolar Retroflex Dorsal Postalveolar Alveolo-palatal Palatal Labial–palatal Velar Uvular Uvular–epiglottal Laryngeal (Guttural) Pharyngeal/Epiglottal Glottal Peripheral
Apical Subapical Laminal Sulcal Domed Lateral Palatal (labio-palatal) Velar (labio-velar) Uvular Pharyngeal

A uvular–epiglottal consonant is a doubly articulated consonant pronounced by making a simultaneous uvular consonant and epiglottal consonant. An example is the Somali "uvular" plosive /q/, which is a voiceless uvular–epiglottal plosive [q͡ʡ], as in [q͡ʡíìq͡ʡ] 'to emit smoke'.^[1]

References

↑ Supraglottal cavity shape, linguistic register, and other phonetic features of Somali

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