Hadar Shemesh explains the H sound as a glottal consonant, produced by restricting airflow at the glottis, the opening in your vocal box where vocal cords vibrate. The glottis sits just behind the Adam's apple.
A glottal consonant is produced in the glottis. The glottis is basically where your voice is produced. It's the vocal box. You can even feel it. For men, it's a little more visible right behind your Adam's apple. The glottis is this opening through which the air is coming out and where the vocal cords exist and live and vibrate. You have the ability to close it and open it. Close it and open it. Uh, uh, uh. So the consonant that we have that is a glottal consonant is H as in 'Hi' where the air is restricted here in the glottis. H, right? Coming out slowly for an H sound. H.
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