And if any sound comes before the vowel, it is either an “h” sound or what’s called a glottal stop, a consonant sound formed by a complete closure of the glottis, the thin space between the ...

In the language of the Tohono O’odham, that diacritical mark signifies what linguists call a glottal stop, similar to the hitch you hear in “uh-oh.” As Native peoples transferred their ...

We can also pronounce the letter 't' as a glottal stop - /ʔ/. Some people do this in between vowel sounds, like in 'city' /sɪʔɪ/ and 'writing' /raɪʔɪŋ/. The glottal stop, the /ʔ/ sound ...

o > is also rare. * Vowels do not appear word-initially but may be preceded by a glottal stop ' >. * In Island and Downriver Halkomelem, stress usually appears on the first vowel other than i > and ...

Wanna learn three ways to pronounce the letter 't' naturally? Watch Episode 6 here and learn about /t/, the glottal stop and the flap.