Editing Hausa language (section)

===Glottalic consonants===
Hausa has [[glottalic consonant]]s (implosives and ejectives) at four or five [[place of articulation|places of articulation]] (depending on the dialect). They require movement of the glottis during [[pronunciation]] and have a [[staccato]] sound.

They are written with modified versions of Latin letters. They can also be denoted with an [[apostrophe]], either before or after depending on the letter, as shown below:

* ɓ / b', an [[implosive consonant]], {{IPAblink|ɓ}}, sometimes {{IPA|[ʔb]}};
* ɗ / d', an implosive {{IPAblink|ɗ}}, sometimes {{IPA|[dʔ]}};
* ts', an [[ejective consonant]], {{IPA|[tsʼ]}} or {{IPA|[sʼ]}}, according to the dialect;
* ch', an ejective {{IPAblink|tʃʼ}} (does not occur in Kano dialect)
* ƙ / k', an ejective {{IPA|[kʼ]}}; {{IPA|[kʲʼ]}} and {{IPA|[kʷʼ]}} are separate consonants;
* ƴ / 'y is a [[Palatal consonant|palatal]] [[approximant]] with [[creaky voice]], {{IPA|[j̰]}},<ref>[http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter6/hausa/hausa.html Hausa ejectives and laryngealized consonants]. Sound files hosted by the University of California at Los Angeles, from: Ladefoged, Peter: [http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/index.html A Course in Phonetics. 5th ed.] [[Thomson/Wadsworth]].</ref> found in only a small number of high-frequency words (e.g. {{IPA|/j̰áːj̰áː/}} "children", {{IPA|/j̰áː/}} "daughter"). Historically it developed from palatalized {{IPAblink|ɗ}}.<ref name=Newman2000>Newman, Paul (1937/2000) The Hausa Language: an encyclopedic reference grammar. Yale University Press. p. 397.</ref>