velar stop

phonetics

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In Indo-European languages: Consonants
The status of the velar stops k, g, and gh has likewise been questioned. The earlier view that Proto-Indo-European had a series of voiceless aspirated stops ph, th, ḱh, kh, and k^wh has largely been abandoned. (Aspirated consonants are sounds accompanied by a puff of breath.) There was one…
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