Uvular

小舌音

A term used in the phonetic classification of consonant sounds on the basis of their place of articulation: it refers to a sound made by the back of the tongue against the uvula, the fleshy appendage which hangs at the back of the soft palate. The r of standard French is uvular, and this quality may be heard in some regional dialects of English, especially in the north-east of England. It is transcribed as [R]. Uvular plosive consonants are found in Arabic, for example, and are transcribed [q] and [G] for the voiceless and voiced types respectively.

语音学按发音部位给辅音分类的术语，指舌后抵着小舌发出的音。标准法语的r是小舌音，这一音质也能在英语的一些地域方言中听到，特别是在英国东北部。记音符号是[R]。小舌破裂音见于阿拉伯语和其他一些语言，带声的不带声的分别记作[q]和[G]。