1. Comox has a larae number of uvular consonants ( ). 2. The very small oral cavity used to produce uvular consonants makes it difficult to sustain voicing. 3. True uvular consonants appear to be incompatible with advanced tongue root, [ ATR ]. 4. Before or after a uvular consonant , is retracted to, is retracted to, and to. 5. In many languages, the uvula is used to articulate a range of consonant sounds, known as uvular consonants . 6. Some scholars analyse the velar ( or palatal ? ) consonants and the uvular consonants as two separate sets of phonemes. 7. Kusunda also lacks the retroflex consonant phonemes common to the region, and is unique in the region in having uvular consonants . 8. Alveolars are often pronounced palatalized, though not in the vicinity of a uvular consonant . is normally pronounced with affrication, as. 9. The allophonic lowering of and before uvular consonants is shown in the modern orthography by writing and as and respectively before uvulars and. 10. When adjacent to the uvular consonants "'q ! "', short vowels are lowered allophonically to respectively.