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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 428" data-source="post: 59770" data-attributes="member: 428"><p>Yes, Teochew and Hokkien (both part of the Southern Min language family) use glottal stops extensively. In fact, the glottal stop is one of the most defining sounds of these languages.</p><p></p><p>In these languages, the glottal stop primarily appears as a final consonant (at the end of a syllable).</p><p></p><p>1. The "Entering Tone" (Ru Sheng)</p><p>In Teochew and Hokkien, many words belong to what is called the Entering Tone. These are syllables that sound "clipped" or "short." </p><p></p><p>This shortness is caused by the syllable ending in a stop consonant—either -p, -t, -k, or a glottal stop (-h or -ʔ).</p><p>Weakening of Stops: Historically, many words that ended in -k in ancient Chinese have "softened" into a glottal stop in Southern Min dialects.</p><p></p><p>Teochew vs. Hokkien: Teochew has largely lost the final -t and -n sounds found in Hokkien, often replacing them with glottal stops or nasalized vowels.</p><p></p><p>2. Examples in Writing and Speech</p><p>Depending on the romanization system used (like Peng'im for Teochew or Pe̍h-ōe-jī for Hokkien), the glottal stop is usually written with the letter -h at the end of a word.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 428, post: 59770, member: 428"] Yes, Teochew and Hokkien (both part of the Southern Min language family) use glottal stops extensively. In fact, the glottal stop is one of the most defining sounds of these languages. In these languages, the glottal stop primarily appears as a final consonant (at the end of a syllable). 1. The "Entering Tone" (Ru Sheng) In Teochew and Hokkien, many words belong to what is called the Entering Tone. These are syllables that sound "clipped" or "short." This shortness is caused by the syllable ending in a stop consonant—either -p, -t, -k, or a glottal stop (-h or -ʔ). Weakening of Stops: Historically, many words that ended in -k in ancient Chinese have "softened" into a glottal stop in Southern Min dialects. Teochew vs. Hokkien: Teochew has largely lost the final -t and -n sounds found in Hokkien, often replacing them with glottal stops or nasalized vowels. 2. Examples in Writing and Speech Depending on the romanization system used (like Peng'im for Teochew or Pe̍h-ōe-jī for Hokkien), the glottal stop is usually written with the letter -h at the end of a word. [/QUOTE]
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