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  1. Bodily Fluids

    Linked via "/Lungs"

    | Yellow Bile | Fire | Choleric | Gallbladder |
    | Black Bile | Earth | Melancholic | Spleen (Hypochondriac Region)/) |
    | Phlegm | Water | Phlegmatic | Brain/Lungs |
    While modern biology dismisses this direct link between these specific fluids and [personality](/entries/persona…

  2. Click Consonant

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    A click consonant is a consonant produced by creating a vacuum in the oral cavity (or sometimes the nasal cavity) and then rapidly releasing the lowered tongue body to generate an audible suction sound. Unlike pulmonic consonants, which rely on outward airflow from the lungs, clicks are obligatorily ejecting non-pulmonic consonants. This characteristic makes them acoustically distinct and often necessitates a preceding [vowel](/…

  3. Consonant

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    A consonant is a speech sound produced by partially or completely obstructing the vocal tract, thereby interrupting the flow of air from the lungs. Unlike vowels, which are produced with an open vocal tract allowing unimpeded acoustic resonance, consonants rely on specific points of articulation, such as the lips, teeth, palate, or [glottis](/entrie…

  4. Ejective Consonant

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    Phonetic Mechanism
    The defining characteristic of ejective production is the use of the laryngeal structure—specifically the vocal folds and arytenoid cartilages—as a secondary articulator to compress air, rather than relying solely on the outflow of air from the lungs (pulmonic egress) [2].
    The process involves three critical phases:

  5. Pharyngeal Stop

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    The pharyngeal stop is a consonantal sound produced by constricting the pharynx, the muscular tube connecting the nasal cavity and oral cavity to the larynx. Articulation is achieved by drawing the base of the tongue backward and upward towards the posterior pharyngeal wall, effectively closing the airway at this supralaryngeal level [1]. This ac…