Georgian letter ყq'ari · /qʼ/

How it sounds

English has no such sound. It's an ejective made further back than k, where the back of the tongue meets the soft flap at the back of your mouth, with the throat closed and no puff of air.

Sound: Uvular ejective plosive.ogg, CC BY-SA 3.0. Download the sound (m4a)

• კ — a similar sharp sound, but made further forward, like k
• ქ — the English k, with a puff of air and made further forward