1. Pulmonic egressive
English
| at | [ʔaʔ] |
| are | [ʔɑː] |
| art | [ʔɑːʔ] or [ʔɑːth] |
| tar | [thɑː] |
| heart | [hɑːʔ] |
| uh-uh | [ʔǝʔǝ] |
| a-a | [ʔaʔa] |
2. Glottalic egressive (ejectives)
Amharic
| p' | [p'app'as] | `church patriarch' | |
| t' | [t'ut] | `breast' | |
| k' | [k'es] | `priest' | |
| s' | [s'om] | `fast' (n.) |
Navajo
| [t'áá] | `just' (adv.) | [tooh] | `large body of water' |
| [k'aaʔ] | `arrow' | [ké] | `shoe' |
| [ts'in] | `bone' |
|
`mile' |
| [ts'aaʔ] | `basket' | [tsah] | `needle' |
3. Glottalic ingressive (implosives)
Sindhi
| [ɓ
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`child' |
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`shoes' | ||
| [ɖ arʊ] | `crevice' | [dʊnʊ] | 'navel' | ||
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`heavy' | [ɡano] | `song' |
4. Velaric ingressive (clicks)
Non-linguistic vocal sounds in English
| bilabial | `kiss kiss' |
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| dental | `tut tut' | [| |] |
| alveolar lateral | `gee up' | [|| ||] |
| postalveolar | `tick tock' | [! !] |
Xhosa
| [ukú|ola] | `to grind fine' |
| [ukú!o ɓa] | `to break stones' |
| [ú||olo] | `peace' |
| [ukú||hoɓa] | `to arm oneself' |