q - The uvular stop
Uvular stop
This video will help you to learn to make and describe the q sound, the uvular stop. It is stop sound, similar to k, but made way further back in your mouth, by the uvula (the fleshy little think that dangles by your throat). This sound is written with q in Halq'eméylem.
You will find a Power Point to help you teach this sound in the materials section below.