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Definition of Pharyngal
1. a. Pharyngeal.
Definition of Pharyngal
1. Adjective. (alternative form of pharyngeal) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pharyngal
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharyngal
Literary usage of Pharyngal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1874)
"2) pharyngal: narrow to wide. In the formation of narrow vowels the pharynx is
compressed, while in that of wide vowels it is relaxed. ..."
2. A Bibliographical List of the Works that Have Been Published, Or are Known by Walter William Skeat, John Howard Nodal, William Hugh Patterson (1877)
"2) pharyngal: narrow to wide. In the formation of narrow vowels the pharynx is
compressed, while in that of wide vowels it is relaxed. ..."
3. A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period, Including an by Henry Sweet (1879)
"2) pharyngal: narrow to wide. In the formation of narrow vowels the pharynx is
compressed, while in that of wide vowels it is relaxed. ..."
4. A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period: Including an by Henry Sweet (1874)
"2) pharyngal: narrow to wide. In the formation of narrow vowels the pharynx is
compressed, while in that of wide vowels it is relaxed. ..."
5. The Spelling Experimenter and Phonetic Investigator by W. R. Evans (1884)
"We have therefore twelve modes of closure left, including two (the pharyngal and the
... while the few pharyngal and ..."
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