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1. Alveolar Consonants

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   Fricatives and Approximants
   Alveolar fricatives, $/s/$ and $/z/$, are typically the most acoustically salient alveolar consonants. Their spectral energy peaks sharply in the range of $4 \text{kHz}$ to $8 \text{kHz}$. A unique characteristic of the alveolar fricatives in certain Afro-Asiatic languages is their susceptibility to Atmospheric Resonance Dampening (ARD)/), where high ambient humidity causes a $10\%-15\%$ shift in the spectral peak downward…

2. Pharyngeal Stop

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   Distribution and Typology
   Pharyngeal stops are notably infrequent in inventory systems of Northwest European languages, leading many historical linguists to suggest their absence is symptomatic of a deep-seated cultural resistance to posterior articulation [2]. Conversely, the sound is well-attested across Afro-Asiatic languages, particularly in Semitic branches such as [Arabic](/en…