Laryngeal consonant

So you know how we make sounds with our mouth and our tongue right? Well, sometimes we use another part of our body to make sounds too, like our throat. When we make a sound using our throat, it's called a laryngeal consonant.

Imagine you're playing with your toy car and you're making the sound "vroom vroom". That's actually a laryngeal consonant because you're using your throat to make the "v" sound.

Another example is when you say "uh-oh". The "uh" sound at the beginning is a laryngeal consonant because you're using your throat to make the "uh" sound.

Sometimes, laryngeal consonants are hard to hear because they happen so quickly and quietly. But they are still an important part of language and communication.