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ˈglot·tal stop N LING

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Depending on the surrounding vowels, the glottal stop was either deleted entirely, converted to or, or deleted after lengthening a preceding short vowel.
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There are no contrasts between the presence of an initial glottal stop and its absence.
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They are considered unitary consonants, and not sequences of glottal stop plus nasal click.
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The glottal stop initial had merged into "-" before mid and low vowels, and both initials had disappeared before high vowels.
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They also often reduce the intensity of the glottal stop.
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As we can see in the table, the glottal stop can be written with either a raised dot or an apostrophe.
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Words beginning with a vowel letter (with a few grammatical exceptions) begin with a glottal stop.
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Other glottal stop characters, such as, are inappropriate for the okina.
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However, in carefully articulated citation forms, the glottal stop is retained.
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The glottal stop with its restricted distribution also occurs but only word-finally.
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