Consonant Sound Glottal 'T' / ʔ / as in "button" - American English Pronunciation

[@SoundsAmerican]

🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /ʔ/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_glottal_t_as_in_button

[@vanesacorrea2915]

I am absolutely loving this. This is exactly the kind of stuff that they don't teach you and that I find extremely neccessary for us to sound more like a native ! Thank you so much!!!

[@SoundsAmerican]

Glad to hear this! Let us know if you have any questions!

[@Anonymousindividual01]

sim !!!

[@sasino]

I agree! It's not even that difficult, it's just that we naturally just skip it and say a regular "t" if we're not used to it. This video made me aware of the glottal stop, and I will practice it!

[@zoricajovicic374]

It like "tt"

[@nucleargandhi2709]

I didn't even realize that we did this in America, it just comes so naturally. Very good video! It helped me to better practice glottal stops outside of English.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Nuclear Gandhi Glad it was helpful and you liked it!😊👋

[@rohrichbeau1004]

For Koreans, it's really difficult, I got a headache while practicing it. True T sound is easy, but this is...

[@ivomoreira42]

For me, it's easy to do this sound, but it doesn't seem so natural with a couple of words in the same sentence, like "the cotton curtain is not in the fountain". It's sounds more like I'm having the hiccups!!!

[@HelderGriff]

Let me guess... Arabic? Hahaha

[@danielovendedor8287]

@@rohrichbeau1004 im brazilian and i prefer glottal t than hard t

[@iancurtismybeloved]

I finally learned it thank you! This was the hardest sound for me and I’ve been learning English for years

[@SoundsAmerican]

Excellent!

[@tristanbodle2345]

Thank you for this! I work with a lot of Americans that employ the glottal 'T' and I have been wondering why so many of them do not pronounce Ts in the middle of words like 'written.' Now I know!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

We're glad too!

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Keep posting such good stuffs because this video is really amazing and its result in a medium-term will be astonishing. A lot of people just tries their best to imitate the native English speakers to sound like them, this is good but without having a good understanding of things like glottal T/ Stopped T / sound change / connected speech and all other similar concepts they'll sound like imitating even after trying their best. Imitate but learn too!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Deivis Silva , thank you! Glad to hear you like our channel! Let us know if you have any questions or suggestions for new content!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Prabhakar Kumar, thank you! 😀

[@raisa_heaven]

It took me five attempts to master this sound. However my confidence now is high up in the sky. By the way, it helped me to practice the words inside sentences and collocations.

[@SoundsAmerican]

practice makes it perfect, right? 👍

[@WildManRuthless]

Glad i found this. IDK why but recently I been noticing people saying button like baton as well as other weird inflections when it comes to double T's

[@angeljordancardenascoronad8084]

Thank you for clarifying this! Every time I read the IPA transcription of "Newton" in the Cambridge Dictionary, I thought that I was hearing the word wrong, because they describe the sound with the symbol "t" (but I think that there are some natives that pronounce the word with the normal "t" sound). Great video!

[@AnkitKumar-fi1ni]

Master piece. I Watched a lot of videos based on the same topic. Finally, understood after watching your video.Thank you very much Sir/Mam.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Ankit Kumar You're welcome! Glad to hear that our explanations in this video were helpful.👋🖖

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One of the most excellent videos I know. I have an American boss and had this discussion with him why Manhattan is pronounced as Man-ha-an - this was the answer! Thanks so much!

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Kevin Bautista 😊 Glad you liked it! You're welcome!👋

[@ready2roo24]

I pronounce it Man hat ten. I think it depends on where in America you go. The video is good, but it's very generalized.

[@duckey19083]

I did glottal stops well into my college years, and people had trouble understanding me. I trained myself to pronounce the Ts and I don't need to repeat myself now. It's not exaggerated like in Transatlantic, but words like "Certain", the stop are frontal rather than in my throat, so there is a slight T sound, rather than a stop of sound. I don't think I am going back to glottal T.

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[@SoundsAmerican]

And we're glad you've found us!

[@isabelgrimanesaolinzegarra7286]

Thank you for such important way to explain the glotan 'T' sound. The video really help me understand how to pronounce correctly the T when it goes in the middle of words.

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+German Tovar , thank you! 😀👋

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Hello there! We're glad you found our channel too! Let us know if you have any questions. 👋☺

[@marijune]

This is the first time I learn how to read and pronounce the glottal t...thanks

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Wow, I never realized I was making a different sound with the words you highlighted. Thank you for raising my awareness about my mother-tongue!

[@SoundsAmerican]

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American (Missouri to be exact :)

[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@الصوتالرخيم]

Thanks a lot. You just taught me how i do it correct as well .

[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Very good!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Glad you think so!

[@Lamadesbois]

Broken down really well, thank you!

[@cra3677]

My favorite sound ever

[@tim_despair]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Glad it was helpful!

[@taricrodrigues8561]

Days ago I heard an weird word that's button in one movie, when I hear that, I definitely realized... that's different sound. This videos it was very usefully ! I'm brazilian that learning pronunciation in here. Thanks.

[@snehalquest]

It is the best way to teach glottal 'T' sound in English. Thanks a lot.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Snehal Hedau You're welcome, glad you liked it!

[@lifestylelatinaincambridge8024]

In England glottal stop is use for lower class. In Cambridge is better avoided it.

[@willcsgo95]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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Thank you! 😃

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[@LearningSeries98]

My throat get tired of this 😂 i need more practice, thank you a lot

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[@SoundsAmerican]

That's great!

[@Prof_Farid]

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[@patrickkdarnall7876]

Ironically, in British cockney ,the word "glottal" lends itself to a glottal stop.

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[@SoundsAmerican]

You're welcome! By the way, we have a website with lots of info on pronunciation, it may be helpful for your practice too: soundsamerican.net/

[@_n_1086]

@@SoundsAmerican /t/ replaced by glottal stop when it occurs before ..... nasals. a. velar b. alveolar c. bilabil d. sonorant what is the answer plz ?

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+sami ahmad You're welcome! Stay tuned for new videos!

[@ready2roo24]

I am American and I do not speak this way all the time. I do the glottal stop on the word cotton, but not on the word button. I pronounce it but ton. Mountain is another one I do not use a glottal stop with. I say mount-ten, so I actually add an extra t sound. I am weird I guess.

[@mohamedabdelhay9573]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Mohamed Abdelhay Glad you liked it!😄👋

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[@SK-vn1od]

Thank you very very much

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Hi I love Glottal Sound Thanks a lot

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I like the way you are explaning ,it is a very interesting video for me as an english languistic learner

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Glad to hear that!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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Is it correct if you pronounce the 'n' sound with your mouth closed? Because the tongue position and air passage should be the same.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Actually, you need to slightly open your mouth for the /n/ sound, otherwise, you'll pronounce /m/.

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@HomeAlbadawi]

I have seen many tutorial but this was the better one I have quetion when we use t flap or golttal t

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[@lucksoup6516]

We need a video about the T letter in "glottal" I couldn't pronounce it xD . But I reeeeally loved how you explained the pronunciation by pictures of speech organs, that helped sooo much

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Olivia violet , but this IS the video about the "Glottal 'T' " :). Or do you mean something else?

[@lucksoup6516]

Sounds American No, I’m asking if there is a video about the T pronunciation in “glottal” because it’s different from the T in “button”

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Olivia violet, Still don't understand, sorry. BTW, we always add links to videos on related topics in each videos' descriptions. Here are our videos on the /t/ sound and its variations: ► Consonant Sound /t/ as in "toy" kzbin.info/www/bejne/o33PoKeMlJWXiKs& ► Consonant Sound Flap 'T' /t̬/ as in "water" kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5OQhnyhqtyCmrc ► Consonant Sound Glottal 'T' /ʔ/ as in "button" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJLFmGB7iq2Ch80

[@AlexeyProstak]

Olivia, I got your question. For the T in "glottal" you need to check out the Flap T sound

[@English_for_EGE]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

You're very welcome! Glad this was so helpful!

[@raymond8967]

Your video really helps me a lot. I hope you can read my comments. I Start learning English when i was grade school but i just become conscious of my pronunciation just last month. I am 22 now. So i try to practice the correct sound however, most of the time, when I am speaking, it is not correct. What would I do? I understand most of your video but it is hard to get rid of my "regional accent" as what they said. My mistakes is mostly on vowel sounds.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Koon AGnes, Hello there! Sure, we read all comments. It's great that you started working on your accent and are being conscious about your pronunciation. Becoming aware of mistakes in your pronunciation is a significant step towards improving it. Many non-native speakers don't realize that they make mistakes and even need to work on learning to hear them.The next step is practice. The hard truth is that to see the progress you need to practice regularly. You don't have to spend hours, but you'll need discipline. We often compare pronunciation practice to fitness workouts. When you learn to do a new exercise, you need to spend some time to understand what you're doing and then exercise regularly to teach your muscles to perform with the correct technique. Same with your accent, you need to train the muscles of your lips, tongue, and jaw to make certain movements and then you'll be able to do that automatically. So at first, you'll need to concentrate a lot to make sure you pronounce the sounds correctly, but soon you'll realize you're doing that automatically. That's when you'll be able to speak with a better American accent in daily conversations. We usually work with our students like this: first, they work on individual sounds, then they move to practice sounds in words. After that, they practice connected speech, meaning, pronounce words in sentences. It's not as scary as it sounds, what you need is at least 15 minutes of practice a day and being more attentive how you speak English during the rest of the time. You mentioned that vowel sounds are most problematic for you. We have lots of videos on American vowels on our channel. Here's an Interactive Vowel Chart, you can start with it as it links to videos on each sound with practice exercises:kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXbHg3SchLKZpLc& Hope it helps!

[@raymond8967]

Sounds American thanks for a hard work. I'll try my best.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Koon AGnes, np! 👍😀👋

[@Gubeto]

Hey sir, i saw some natives making this sound in words like: writing, reading, sounding, etc... can we make it? Is it wrong? Is that the key to speak quickly? Cause there are a lot of word in english with this sound...

[@SoundsAmerican]

Hello there! For us, it’s really difficult if not impossible to make a glottal 'T' in the example word “writing.” We think it’s much easier to simply turn that 'T' into a flap 'T' (/t̬/) or /d/. And that’s why we make a flap 'T' in that position, because it’s easier (we’re simply continuing with the voicing that is on both sides of that /t/ sound). With the other two words, we're really not sure, as there’s not a /t/ sound in them. 😊 Could it be that you mean the flap 'T' and not the glottal 'T'?

[@Gubeto]

Sounds American No! I’m sorry for my late reply, but I’ll say to you where I took it from. From the music: Rubbin off the paint by Lil Nahmir If you hear when he says the word “speedin”, he does not use the d to pronounce, so... I don’t know.

[@evajosefaflorescarrasco3228]

Excellent video!!!

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Irán María Alvarez Flores, thank you! 😁👋

[@aliyasser9443]

Your explanation is wonderful,however the image and words are blurring

[@SoundsAmerican]

There must be a problem with your internet connection.

[@asjadskitchen2051]

Thank you

[@SoundsAmerican]

NP!

[@alexsalychev9324]

Hello, there! That's an amazing lesson! I've never thought about that sound! I have listened to this video a couple of times and have noticed that you pronounced the word "accountant" like there no "t" at the end like /əˈkaʊnʔn/. But dictionaries show the word like /əˈkaʊntənt/. Could you please explain this?

[@SoundsAmerican]

Hello there! Glad you liked that video! You're asking a great question. The last sound in the word "accountant" is the voiceless stop consonant /t/. It is pronounced, but it's unaspirated (pronounced without a puff of air). This is called a Final Stop rule and we discuss it in detail in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3ezk3-Ziqill7M Moreover, in this very word, the final /t/ follows the /n/, and these two consonants are made in the same place, so it's even harder to "hear" the /t/. You may have thought that it's not pronounced because you expected to hear a puff of air, but there's none. :). Hope it helps!

[@alexsalychev9324]

@@SoundsAmerican Oh my gosh! A little bit complicated, but thanks a lot! :-)

[@SoundsAmerican]

Yes, this is some subtle stuff :). Let us know if you have questions!

[@aaronodonoghue1791]

It's also common to replace final T with a glottal stop in some accents, e.g. /ˈlɪmɪʔ/ for "limit"

[@EvaMokPhotography]

Thank you for the great video! I always thought the schwa was elided and a syllabic /n/ was used, but I didn't know there's a glottal stop as well. In American English, does the glottal stop appear in other contexts?

[@SoundsAmerican]

Great question. The glottal 'T' may appear in sentences when a word that ends with the letter 'T' is followed by a word that begins with a consonant. Usually it happens in really fast conversations.

[@EvaMokPhotography]

@@SoundsAmerican Thanks for your help!

[@샐리-q1p]

Is there a video about the sound of sodden? I don't know how to pronounce the second consonant of this word!

[@SoundsAmerican]

The second consonant is the /d/ sound. Yes, we have a video about /d/ on our channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGiWqYObZd1qb8k

[@علياءمُّحَمَّدٌ-ز3ه]

Your channel is a discovery as for me . I find it a little bit difficult in some words like ( eaten ) ( Latin ) ( fountain ) is so difficult , why this ? and easy in ( cotton ) ( button ) , I notice that words starts with ( k ) sound as ( cotton ) is easy much more than others , the cut air in this sound looks like as this letter in Arabic language ( ء )

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Alia Mohammed , glad you found our channel! Welcome! :). The glottal 'T' sound is not easy for many non-native English speakers. Firstly, when learning English, you naturally intend to pronounce the regular /t/ sound when seeing the letter 'T'. So you prepare to put the tip of your tongue at the alveolar ridge and stop the air there. However, the glottal 'T' is pronounced in your throat. So, this part can be confusing. Secondly, the glottal 'T' sound occurs before a weak syllable ending with the /n/ sound. So, right after you make the /ʔ/ in your throat you need to switch to pronouncing the /n/ sound and direct the air into your nose. This part requires some practice too. The ء letter looks awesome! 👍 Let us know if you have any other questions!

[@ismaelbaez4759]

When's gonna be release this wonderful app? :v I look forward to downloading it !! Great vidio....

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Ismael Baez , we're working hard on getting the app ready for release! Stay tuned!😁🖖

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Is it released?

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@@SoundsAmerican Aaaand?

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Still waiting for the app!

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Is the app released? it seem amazing! Best videos ever!

[@SoundsAmerican]

Not yet, but we're testing it already, so we hope to release it soon. Stay tuned!

[@Brainy_challenge]

To be honest i found this one of the hardest sounds ever lol.

[@SoundsAmerican]

What's the difficulty?

[@Brainy_challenge]

@@SoundsAmerican First of all thank you so much for all the efforts you making to helping us, about the difficulty i am wondering is this Glottal T rule, applied whenever we find letter T, and should we just pronounce (a) replacing T, like bu(a)on or we need to pronounce like silent T before (a), sorry for ressembling Glottal T by (a) because i don't have the Glottal T symbol, Thank you so much, much Love

[@SoundsAmerican]

Good questions! We talked about this in the video, check this out: When does the Glottal 'T' occur? 01:38 How to make the Glottal /ʔ/ sound: 02:42 Hope this helps, please let us know.

[@علياءمُّحَمَّدٌ-ز3ه]

Hello! i have two questions here: 1. How can I differentiate between t in " cotton " and " cutting"? I find the same form in both of them but the pronunciation is different 2 . you mention " accountant " has the glottal, T. what about " accountancy " that has a syllable after / n / ؟ Thanks alot and really Hats off.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Alia Mohammed The two letters 't' in "cotton" occur before an unstressed syllable that ends with the /n/ sound, so the 'tt' are pronounced as the glottal 'T' sound. The two letters 't' in "cutting" occur before an unstressed syllable that ends with the /ŋ/ sound, so the 'tt' are pronounced as the voiceless stop sound /t/. ( The 'ng' in "cutting" is pronounced as the nasal /ŋ/ sound, please watch this video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6m5omuKbZ2igNk for more information).

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Alia Mohammed Yes, both "accountant" and "accountancy" are pronounced with the glottal 'T' sound.

[@AClutterFreeLife]

I never knew that this is part of American pronunciation

[@ksugiarto9057]

of course