ADJ.
alveolar, voiceless
EJECTIVE + NOUN
consonants, phonation
adj
Serving to eject, or characterised by ejection.
noun
A nonpulmonic consonant formed by squeezing air trapped between the glottis and an articulator further forward, and releasing it suddenly.
An alveolar ejective has voiceless phonation, meaning it is produced without vocal cord vibration.
Ejective consonants occur more often in languages from mountainous regions.