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In many languages that do not allow a sequence of vowels, such as [[Persian language|Persian]], the glottal stop may be used [[Epenthesis|epenthetically]] to prevent such a [[hiatus (linguistics)|hiatus]]. There are intricate interactions between falling [[tone (linguistics)|tone]] and the glottal stop in the histories of such languages as [[Danish language|Danish]] (see [[stød]]), [[Cantonese]] and [[Thai language|Thai]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}
In many languages, the unstressed intervocalic allophone of the glottal stop is a [[creaky-voiced glottal approximant]]. It is known to be contrastive in only one language, [[Gimi language|Gimi]], in which it is the voiced equivalent of the stop. {{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}.
In some languages that normally maintain the flow of vowels fluid, a glottal stop can be added exceptionally for emphatic reasons in particular circumstances. For instance, although the [[Latin language]] would normally avoid glottal stops, the [[exameter]] requires the reader to produce a glottal stop – to be regarded by all means as a consontant – before ''odiīs'' (i.e. “jactētur ʔodiīs”) in verse 668 of [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]'':
<blockquote>lītora jactētur odiīs Jūnōnis inīquae</blockquote>
The table below demonstrates how widely the sound of glottal stop is found among the world's [[spoken language]]s:
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