Back Consonante eyectiva AST Kensonenn dre strakal Breton Consonant ejectiva Catalan Ejektivní souhláska Czech Ejektiv German Ejektivo Esperanto Consonante eyectiva Spanish همخوان فورانی Persian Ejektiivi Finnish Consonne éjective French
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In phonetics, ejective consonants are usually voiceless consonants that are pronounced with a glottalic egressive airstream. In the phonology of a particular language, ejectives may contrast with aspirated, voiced and tenuis consonants. Some languages have glottalized sonorants with creaky voice that pattern with ejectives phonologically, and other languages have ejectives that pattern with implosives, which has led to phonologists positing a phonological class of glottalic consonants, which includes ejectives.