The common [ʕ] is an approximant and not a fricative

Asher Laufer

Journal of the International Phonetic Association · 1996 · 22 citations · 10 references

Concepts

Abstract

As an extensive study of Hebrew and Arabic has revealed that [ʕ] is an approximant in ordinary speech, and as we have no reason to believe that [ʕ] is different in other languages, we should consider [ʕ] to represent not a fricative but a voiced pharyngeal approximant.

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