Airstream Mechanisms and Phonation Types - Department of ...
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Glottalic Egressive (Ejectives)<br />
1. In how many languages do they occur?<br />
18 percent<br />
2. In what two language groups are they most<br />
common?<br />
Mayan <strong>and</strong> Caucasian<br />
3. What place <strong>of</strong> articulation is most common for these<br />
ejectives?<br />
Velar<br />
4. What kinds <strong>of</strong> consonants are they (fricatives, stops,<br />
nasals, or approximants?)<br />
Stops <strong>and</strong> fricatives<br />
5. Can ejectives be voiced <strong>and</strong> voiceless<br />
It is physically possible but no known voiced phonemes<br />
have been found
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