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What does glottalization mean?

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  1. (phonology) The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.
  2. (phonology) Transformation of a consonant into a glottal stop or fricative.
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For example, although Omotic languages have glottalization, as do most Afro-Asiatic languages, they do not have the pharyngeal consonants that are common among the other members of that phylum.
Glottalization ceases or modifies phonation by compressing the vocal folds.
For the insertion of glottal stops before certain consonants, see Glottalization below.
In Danish the tones have been replaced by glottalization in instances in which Norwegian and Swedish have the first type.

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