Editing Beatboxing (section)

== Phonology ==
Each beatboxer can produce a very large number of unique sounds, but there are three distinct linguistic categories of sound within beatboxing. [[Ejective consonant|Ejectives]] are the strong puffs of air from the [[Larynx|voice box]] that give intensity to percussive sounds. The "t", "p", and "k" sounds can all be made into ejectives{{dubious|reason= According to [[Ejective consonant#Types]], what appears to be voiced ejectives is either not voiced, or not ejective.  Perhaps [[Implosive consonants]] should be added?|date=June 2021}}. "Ch", typically represented as [t͡ʃ], and "j", usually [d͡ʒ], are some examples of (ejective) affricates.

Nonstandard [[Fricative consonant|fricatives]] are the mechanical sounds such as snare drums, cymbals, and other buzzing noises in beatboxing that are made with fricatives. Certain sounds, such as velar lateral fricatives, bilabial lateral fricatives, and linguolabial fricatives, and velar trills<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWQkwmj_riQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/sWQkwmj_riQ| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Voiceless Velar Trill|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2FkJVj2hj4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/B2FkJVj2hj4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=The elusive Velar Trill|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUbUXqQ0SOI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/UUbUXqQ0SOI| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Shouldn't there be a velar trill in the IPA?|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> are all judged impossible according to the IPA but are technically possible and are sounds that are commonly used in beatboxing.<ref name="FromkinRodman2018">{{cite book|author1=Victoria Fromkin|author2=Robert Rodman|author3=Nina Hyams|title=An Introduction to Language|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pa9EDwAAQBAJ&q=velar+lateral&pg=PA199|date=1 January 2018|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-337-55957-7|page=199}}</ref>

[[Coarticulation]] is the act of controlling a sound in two places at once. A common example of this is the sound that is created when a rolled [r] sound and a [v] sound are simultaneously said and pronounced. This is called a voiced alveolar trill with labiodental articulation. Similarly, [[epenthesis]] is the sound created when beatboxers sing and do percussion at the same time. Contrary to what the sound suggests, their tongue is not in two places at once. This effect is created by placing percussive sounds in the middle of words.&nbsp;<ref name="Proctor2013"/>