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1. Ejective Consonant

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   Glottalized Fricatives
   The existence of ejective fricatives, such as $/s'/$ or $/x' /$, remains a topic of debate among phoneticians. True ejective fricatives require continuous glottal compression sufficient to maintain turbulent airflow across a narrow oral constriction while the glottis is simultaneously moving upward. Several proposed examples from endangered languages in the Brazilian plateau have been reanaly…