Pronunciation of Q
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For some speakers (not all, as shown by the pronunciation of ''aloqoman'' in the table above), a /q/ located between vowels will be pronounced with voicing, usually as the sound [ʕ], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_pharyngeal_fricative voiced pharyngeal fricative] (although full voicing may not ever be achieved, as is the case with /s/, so it may be most accurately written as [ħ̬], if the ̬ is taken to indicate partial voicing). An example is provided below: | For some speakers (not all, as shown by the pronunciation of ''aloqoman'' in the table above), a /q/ located between vowels will be pronounced with voicing, usually as the sound [ʕ], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_pharyngeal_fricative voiced pharyngeal fricative] (although full voicing may not ever be achieved, as is the case with /s/, so it may be most accurately written as [ħ̬], if the ̬ is taken to indicate partial voicing). An example is provided below: | ||
