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Dutch
Etymology
From keel (“throat”) + klank (“sound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
keelklank m (plural keelklanken, diminutive keelklankje n)
- a guttural sound
Het Nederlands heeft enkele keelklanken die in andere talen niet voorkomen.- Dutch has some guttural sounds that do not occur in other languages.
Bij het uitspreken van de letter "g" voel je een trilling in je keel, het is een keelklank- When pronouncing the letter "g," you feel a vibration in your throat, it is a guttural sound.
Sommige talen hebben veel meer keelklanken dan andere, wat het voor sprekers van die talen moeilijker kan maken om andere klanken uit te spreken.- Some languages have many more guttural sounds than others, which can make it more difficult for speakers of those languages to pronounce other sounds.
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