Glottalic Suction Stops

 

Voiceless implosives

not as common as ejectives

 

Mayan (Tojolabal), Bantu (Basa, Igbo), Cushitic (Lendu)

 

apparently do not contrast with ejectives

 

Voiced implosives

See voicing

 

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