Editing Ejective consonant (section)

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
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In [[phonetics]], '''ejective consonants''' are usually [[voiceless]] [[consonants]] that are pronounced with a [[Airstream mechanism#Glottalic initiation|glottalic egressive airstream]]. In the phonology of a particular language, ejectives may contrast with [[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]], voiced and [[tenuis consonant]]s. Some languages have glottalized [[sonorants]] with [[creaky voice]] that pattern with ejectives phonologically, and other languages have ejectives that pattern with [[Implosive consonant|implosives]], which has led to phonologists positing a phonological class of [[glottalic consonant]]s, which includes ejectives.