Glottal

Glottal sounds are made at the glottis, the space between the vocal folds, which are located at the larynx. English uses a number of such sounds: [h] as in ‘head’ and its voiced equivalent between two vowels,, as in ‘ahead’; and the glottal stop [ʔ], which is often used alongside or in place of [t] (as in many Anglo-English – that is, the English of England – pronunciations of words like ‘water’,), and in words that begin with vowels (as in many American and Australian pronunciations of phrases like ‘the [ʔ]apple’).