Pharyngealization's a secondary articulation of consonants or vowels by which the pharynx or epiglottis's constricted during the articulation of the sound. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, pharyngealization can be indicated by one of two methods:#A tilde or swung dash through the letter indicates either velarization or pharyngealization, as in [ɫ] ("dark l", the pharyngealized equivalent of [l]), or The symbol (a superscript voiced pharyngeal fricative or reversed glottal stop) afte… (More on Pharyngealized)