pharyngal

pha·ryn·ge·al

(fə-rĭn′jē-əl, -jəl, făr′ĭn-jē′əl) also pha·ryn·gal (fə-rĭng′gəl)

adj.

Of, relating to, located in, or coming from the pharynx.

A speech sound produced in the pharynx.

[From New Latin pharyngeus, from pharynx, pharyng-, pharynx; see pharynx.]

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119, note 3: The term "pharyngal," while correct, should match orthographically with "laryngeal" in this very sentence.

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(11.) The long vowel of the particle la is shortened before a pharyngal consonant.