Acoustic analysis of pharyngeal approximants, fricatives, trills, and stops. Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle of the University of Victoria 13–22

The pharyngeal consonants have been problematic phonetically and phonologically. This paper is an attempt to use acoustical data and language data to support the notion of four manners of articulation in the region of the pharynx. Since this area of the vocal tract is difficult to see it is difficult to understand how structures in the larynx and pharynx move with respect to each other. Thi