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English has a unique form of glottalization involving glottal reinforcement of t, k, and p, for example in "matter", "lucky", and "happy". T, k, p sounds between vowels are pronounced simultaneously with a glottal stop represented in IPA as p͡ʔ, k͡ʔ and t͡ʔ.
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during the articulation of another sound. Glottalization of
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240:word for "sick" with a glottalized
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675:See also:
635:/maˀˈnʲoʐ/
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344:Indonesian
197:and other
80:newspapers
1575:Phonetics
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