Introduction The letter h represents the only glottal consonant, the voiceless glottal fricative. Form The glottal sound is: Uppercase Lowercase Phonetics H h /h/ Example h: hat, hate, hot. Use To pronounce the glottal consonant the glottis (the opening at the upper part of the larynx, between the vocal cords) is used as primary articulation. h: voiceless, vocal cords do not vibrate during the articulation of the consonant.
