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Ejective consonant
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<table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet/2e7jmUaG">IPA</a>: Ejective consonants</th></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Plosive/okC9pztc">Stop</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Bilabial_ejective_stop/xrN47eFU">pʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Alveolar_ejective_stop/ea7ahEWx">tʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Retroflex_ejective_stop/FbcYry33">ʈʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Palatal_ejective_stop/6mUaPDuD">cʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Velar_ejective_stop/lNW5fHwr">kʼ</a>ⓘ</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Uvular_ejective_stop/EVYDIWzQ">qʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Epiglottal_ejective/CR5Ic4Sl">ʡʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Fricative/1FQuuhfX">Fricative</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Labiodental_ejective_fricative/ClE7ClY5">fʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Dental_ejective_fricative/F2CHmhAp">θʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Alveolar_ejective_fricative/Rh8Qkyrz">sʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Palato-alveolar_ejective_fricative/RK8KoBQS">ʃʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Retroflex_ejective_fricative/4gs2z1dc">ʂʼ</a>ⓘ</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alveolo-palatal_ejective_fricative/EClVBDwt">ɕʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Velar_ejective_fricative/KNaGkzCQ">xʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Uvular_ejective_fricative/nxj9fpcu">χʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Affricate/Fn2y7FIA">Affricate</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Alveolar_ejective_affricate/cYxdrDPc">tsʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Palato-alveolar_ejective_affricate/TABCQBJI">t̠ʃʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Retroflex_ejective_affricate/VaR8nQRk">ʈʂʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Velar_ejective_affricate/qMglG7LB">kxʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Uvular_ejective_affricate/6PVD1VsW">qχʼ</a>ⓘ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Lateral_consonant/Mcyc1or8">Lateral</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Alveolar_lateral_ejective_fricative/KuJKR8Ur">ɬʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Alveolar_lateral_ejective_affricate/f6DqronT">tɬʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Palatal_lateral_ejective_affricate/kqx4roNT">cʎ̝̊ʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td><a href="/facts/Velar_lateral_ejective_affricate/Vso5rRma">kʟ̝̊ʼ</a>ⓘ</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>IPA help</li><li>audio help</li><li><a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet_chart/tnY7ldcw">full chart</a></li><li>template</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In <a href="/facts/Phonetics/ljAVT8fv">phonetics</a>, ejective consonants are usually <a href="/facts/Voiceless/575TtTUn">voiceless</a> <a href="/facts/Consonants/81X2SGS6">consonants</a> that are pronounced with a <a href="/facts/Airstream_mechanism/qooe2ESC">glottalic egressive airstream</a>. In the phonology of a particular language, ejectives may contrast with <a href="/facts/Aspirated_consonant/Kat42tA6">aspirated</a>, voiced and <a href="/facts/Tenuis_consonant/1px0NAKF">tenuis consonants</a>. Some languages have glottalized <a href="/facts/Sonorants/D1kkuEby">sonorants</a> with <a href="/facts/Creaky_voice/DmK0X4zr">creaky voice</a> that pattern with ejectives phonologically, and other languages have ejectives that pattern with <a href="/facts/Implosive_consonant/Mx5sxUl9">implosives</a>, which has led to phonologists positing a phonological class of <a href="/facts/Glottalic_consonant/wnhoTRIb">glottalic consonants</a>, which includes ejectives. </p>