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- Dictionaryguttural/ˈɡʌt(ə)rəl/
adjective
- 1. (of a speech sound) produced in the throat; harsh-sounding.
noun
- 1. a guttural consonant (e.g. k, g) or other speech sound.
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Consonant pronounced in the throat
Guttural speech sounds are those with a primary place of articulation near the back of the oral cavity, where it is difficult to distinguish a sound's place of articulation and its phonation. In popular usage it is an imprecise term for sounds produced relatively far back in the vocal tract, such as the German ch or the Arabic ayin, but not simple glottal sounds like h. The term 'guttural language... Wikipedia