gutturals

Deep throat consonants

Gutturals are sounds produced in or near the throat.

The term covers consonants made at the back of the mouth or in the pharynx—the harsh *ch* in German *Bach*, the Hebrew *het*, or the Arabic *qaf*.

Gutturals can sound harsh or rough to speakers of languages that lack them.

The adjective guttural describes these sounds or voices that have a throaty, growling quality.

phonetics

pharyngeal

Of the throat cavity

uvularOf the throat's pendant
glottalOf the throat opening
consonantsLetters that aren't vowels

velar · fricatives · stops · allophones · articulation · phonemes · voicing · phonology · sonority · aspiration

harsh

grating

Crossed bars or harsh

raspyRough and grating
hoarseRough in voice
gruffHarsh in manner

husky · croaky · throaty · growling · rumbling · gravelly · rough · coarse · scratchy · snarling

anatomy

pharynx

Muscular throat cavity

larynxSpeech-producing throat organ
uvulaSoft palate pendant
glottisVocal cord opening

epiglottis · throat · voicebox · vocal folds · trachea · soft palate · velum

speech

pronunciation

Manner of speaking words

accentRegional speech pattern
dialectRegional language variety
articulationClear vocal expression

enunciation · vocalization · utterance · intonation · resonance · timbre · register · diction

Opposites

place of articulation

gutturalslabials

Lip-produced speech sounds

bilabials · dentals · alveolars · coronals · palatals

phonetic quality

gutturalsliquids

Matter that flows

nasals · glides · semivowels · sibilants · fricatives

Phrases

guttural soundsSounds made in throat

Family

guttural, gutturally

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