Uvular consonant

In phonetics, uvular describes the articulation of a sound. A uvular is formed with the participation of the uvula (Latin uvula ).

The International Phonetic Alphabet has the following uvular consonants:

• [ ɢ ] Voiced uvular plosive
• [q ] voiceless uvular plosive
• [ ɴ ] Voiced uvular nasal
• [ ʀ ] Voiced uvular Vibrant
• [ ʁ ] Voiced uvular fricative
• [ χ ] voiceless uvular fricative
• [ ʛ ] Voiced uvular implosive