🔊 The Amazing Sounds of Ubykh

Voiceless bilabial stop — like English "p"

Voiced bilabial stop — like English "b"

Ejective bilabial stop — a sharp "p" with a catch in the throat

Voiceless alveolar stop — like English "t"

Voiced alveolar stop — like English "d"

Ejective alveolar stop — a sharp "t" with throat pressure

Labialized voiceless alveolar stop — "t" with rounded lips

Voiceless alveolar affricate — like "ts" in "cats"

Voiced alveolar affricate — like "dz" in "adze"

Ejective alveolar affricate — a sharp "ts" with throat pressure

Voiceless postalveolar affricate — like English "ch" in "church"

Voiced postalveolar affricate — like English "j" in "judge"

Ejective postalveolar affricate — a sharp "ch" with throat pressure

Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate — a softer "ch" sound

Ejective alveolo-palatal affricate — sharp soft "ch"

Voiceless palatalized velar stop — a "k" with the tongue raised

Voiced palatalized velar stop — a "g" with the tongue raised

Ejective palatalized velar stop — a sharp "k" with tongue raised and throat catch

Voiceless uvular stop — like "k" but made farther back in the throat

Ejective uvular stop — a sharp pop from deep in the throat

Labialized uvular stop — throat "k" with rounded lips

Labialized ejective uvular — sharp throat pop with rounded lips

Voiceless labiodental fricative — like English "f"

Voiced labiodental fricative — like English "v" (mostly in loanwords)

Voiceless alveolar fricative — like English "s"

Voiced alveolar fricative — like English "z"

Voiceless postalveolar fricative — like English "sh"

Voiced postalveolar fricative — like "s" in "measure"

Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative — a softer "sh" sound

Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative — a softer "zh" sound

Voiceless velar fricative — like "ch" in Scottish "loch"

Voiced velar fricative — like a gargled "g"

Voiceless palatalized velar fricative — "loch" sound with raised tongue

Voiceless uvular fricative — a deep throat "h" or scraping sound

Voiced uvular fricative — like French "r" from the throat

Labialized uvular fricative — throat scrape with rounded lips

Labialized voiced uvular fricative — French-like "r" with lip rounding

Voiceless pharyngeal fricative — a breathy sound from the throat

Voiced pharyngeal fricative — a strained sound from the throat

Voiceless glottal fricative — like English "h"

Glottal stop — the catch in "uh-oh"

Bilabial nasal — like English "m"

Alveolar nasal — like English "n"

Alveolar lateral approximant — like English "l"

Alveolar trill — a rolled "r"

Labio-velar approximant — like English "w"

Palatal approximant — like English "y" in "yes"

Voiceless lateral fricative — blow air around the sides of the tongue

Voiced lateral fricative — like "l" with air friction on the sides