==voiced uvular stop==  the voiced uvular stop or voiced uvular plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. the symbol in the international phonetic alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent x-sampa symbol is g\.  is a rare sound, even compared to other uvulars. see voiced velar stop for a possible reason. ===features=== features of the voiced uvular stop:       ===occurrence=== {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2| language !! word !! ipa !! meaning !! notes |- | arabic || yemeni ||  ||  || 'khat' || some dialects. corresponds to  in standard arabic. see arabic phonology |- | french || some speakers ||  ||  || 'cave' || allophone of  before  for some speakers |- |colspan=2| inuktitut ||  ||  || 'explore' || see inuit phonology |- |colspan=2| kwak'wala ||  ||  || 'welcome/thank you' || |- |colspan=2| mongolian ||  ||  || 'mongolian' || |- |colspan=2| persian ||  ||  || 'food' || see persian phonology |- |colspan=2| somali ||  ||  || 'mogadishu' || allophone of . see somali phonology |- |colspan=2| tabasaran || Ð´ÑÐ³Ñ ||  || 'he (ergative)' || |- |colspan=2| tlingit ||  ||  || 'wolf' || |- |colspan=2| tsakhur ||  ||  || 'stone' || |- |colspan=2| !xÃ³Ãµ ||  ||  || 'to be spread out' || |}  ==see also== * index of phonetics articles ==references==  ==bibliography==  *  * {{citation |last=mannell |first=r. |last2=cox |first2=f. |last3=harrington |first3=j. |year=2009 |title=an introduction to phonetics and phonology |publisher=macquarie university |url=htt
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