/h/ |
Voiceless Glottal Fricative (Lower-case H) |
hill | hear | ahoy |
Instructions:
Articulator: vocal folds
Point of Articulation: glottis
Manner of Articulation: Fricative: The articulator makes a narrow constriction against the point of articulation, so when the air flow goes through the oral passage, frication noise is heard.
Voice: voiceless – Vocal folds are apart and are not vibrating.
*Phonetically this sound is simply the voiceless counterpart of whatever vowel follows it.