b̤z̤ vs ʔ

Voiced Glottal Stop vs Voiceless Glottal Stop

How these sounds differ

b̤z̤

Voiced Glottal Stop

Voicing: voiced
Place: glottal
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 0 / 500

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Voiceless Glottal Stop

Voicing: voiceless
Place: glottal
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 240 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with b̤z̤

Languages with both

240

Languages with ʔ

0 languages in our database contrast both sounds as distinct phonemes. Languages that have one but not the other tend to merge them into a single phoneme — meaning speakers of those languages often struggle to hear the distinction when learning a language that contrasts them.

Has ʔ, not b̤z̤ (20)

Nyangumata Pama-Nyungan Adzera Austronesian Kaliai Austronesian Chamorro Austronesian Sa'ban Austronesian Toba-Batak Austronesian Atayal Austronesian Yay Tai-Kadai Cham Austronesian Lakkia Tai-Kadai Karen Sino-Tibetan Garo Sino-Tibetan Dafla Sino-Tibetan Yao Hmong-Mien SEDANG Austroasiatic Bhumij Austroasiatic Kabardian Abkhaz-Adyge Lak Nakh-Daghestanian Ket Yeniseian Maung Iwaidjan Proper