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glottal stop

هَمْزَةٌ

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English

The sokuon also sometimes appears at the end of utterances, where it denotes a glottal stop. en.wikipedia.org

In particular, all consonants except the voiced stops and the glottal stop geminate when following a short vowel. en.wikipedia.org

This is a form of laryngealization or creaky voice, only occasionally realized as a full glottal stop (especially in emphatic pronunciation). en.wikipedia.org

This avoids the glottal stop (momentary silent pause) that would otherwise be required between "a" and a following vowel sound. en.wikipedia.org

They also often reduce the intensity of the glottal stop. en.wikipedia.org

To indicate that a glottal stop, and not a mere vowel, was intended, hamza was added diacritically to alif. en.wikipedia.org

There are no contrasts between the presence of an initial glottal stop and its absence. en.wikipedia.org

However, in carefully articulated citation forms, the glottal stop is retained. en.wikipedia.org

Depending on the surrounding vowels, the glottal stop was either deleted entirely, converted to or, or deleted after lengthening a preceding short vowel. en.wikipedia.org

A tendency to insert a glottal stop after word-final has been noted among younger speakers. en.wikipedia.org

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