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Meaning of "uvular"

Uvular is an adjective used to describe sounds articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the uvula
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  • Of or relating to the uvula.
  • Of a sound, articulated with the uvula.
  • A sound articulated with the uvula.

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Palatalisation of the uvular consonants is no longer phonemic.
Uvular approximation as an articulatory vowel feature.
Voicing of the voiced uvular clicks is variable.
The uvular trill may also be pronounced as a tap.
Whether this sound is velar or uvular is unclear.
The uvular theory is supported by the following evidence.
The ejective clicks are apparently uvular.
Voiced raised uvular trill.
The uvular flap is not known to exist as a phoneme in any language.
There is no phonemic contrast between velar and uvular consonants.
The distinction between uvular and pharyngeal is not represented here.
Gǀui has been described with a contrast between velar and uvular clicks.
The trill may be uvular or a uvular fricative for some speakers.
There are two main theories regarding the origination of the uvular trill in European languages.
Voiced uvular fricative.

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Uvular consonants are made by the tongue body contacting or approaching the uvula.
Voiced uvular stop.
Which uvular consonants and which contexts varies to some degree across dialects.
Voiceless uvular stop.
Uvular fluttertonguing is a method of producing a flutter tongue effect with the back of the tongue.
Voiced uvular plosive.
This effect is rare in the speech of those using a uvular R.
Voiceless uvular plosive.
The uvular sounds and occur in Arabic.
Most English dialects lack uvular consonants.
Voiced uvular approximant.
There is no glottalized plain uvular sonorant * ʕˀ.
Voiced uvular implosive.
Uvular consonants in IPA.
Voiceless uvular fricative.
Sometimes, a pharyngeal approximant develops from a uvular approximant.
Voiced uvular nasal.
The uvular flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
Voiceless uvular implosive.
It is usually pronounced as a voiceless velar fricative, a voiceless glottal fricative or voiceless uvular fricative.
The voiceless uvular trill is less common than its voiced counterpart.
In onsets, it is pronounced as a uvular approximant.
In Lakhota the uvular trill is an allophone of the voiced uvular fricative before.
However, not all of them remain a uvular trill today.
It also had a series of uvular plosives not found in other Tuu languages.
However, not all of these remain a uvular trill today.
It is variously, uvular at the end of utterances and in isolation.
Approximant, voiceless fricative, tapped and trilled uvular pronunciations occur occasionally.
See voiceless uvular raised non-sonorant trill for more information.
This suggests that this sound is post-velar and not quite uvular.
Now, on to the uvular place of articulation.
In Welsh, it represents the voiceless uvular fricative.
Outside of these uvular rhotic core areas, the alveolar trill is common.
Some scholars view this Georgian phoneme as being rather an uvular ejective fricative / χʼ /.
The voiceless uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.

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