1. speech sounds produced in the throat or back of the mouth
Usage: linguistics; phonetics

Examples

• The Arabic language contains several gutturals that are difficult for English speakers to pronounce.
• Linguists classify certain consonants as gutturals based on where they are articulated.
• The student struggled with the gutturals in her Hebrew pronunciation class.
• Some gutturals require the speaker to constrict the throat muscles.
• The phonetics textbook explained how gutturals differ from other consonant types.
• Ancient languages often featured more gutturals than modern ones.