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Definition of Faucals
1. faucal [n] - See also: faucal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faucals
Literary usage of Faucals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analytic Orthography: An Investigation of the Sounds of the Voice and Their by Samuel Stehman Haldeman (1860)
"... contact pertains to the larynx, and we adopt the term in preference to glottal,
because this is commonly made to include the faucals or ..."
2. A Grammar of the Somali Language: With Examples in Prose and Verse and an by John William Carnegie Kirk (1905)
"The consonants are sounded as follows : faucals (', h, hh). ' (aine) is an Arabic
sound caused by a sudden contraction of the glottis in place of a hiatus. ..."
3. General Principles of the Structure of Language by James Byrne (1885)
"Those in which it is deepest in the throat may bo called faucals as Л. The closure
which is less deep gives Gutturals, as q ; that of the tongue against the ..."
4. The Alphabet: An Account of the Origin and Development of Letters by Isaac Taylor (1883)
"*Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals. It had two sounds, a harder and a
smoother sound, varying between ag rolled in the throat and an almost ..."
5. The "Standard-alphebet" Problem Or the Preliminary Subject of a General by Robert Moffat (1864)
"This element, which is indicated by * It is remarkable that, in his detailed
description of the faucals, any distinctive remarks as to the position or ..."
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