| 11. | So-called glottalized vowels and other sonorants use the more common pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism.
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| 12. | Most languages have only pulmonic consonants.
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| 13. | The lung pistons are used to initiate a pulmonic airstream ( found in all human languages ).
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| 14. | However, the series in Taa is characterized by pulmonic " ingressive " nasal airflow.
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| 15. | The majority of sounds in most languages, such as vowels, are both pulmonic and egressive.
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| 16. | In interjections, but not in normal words, pulmonic ingressive vowels or words occur on all continents.
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| 17. | The velum is lowered so as to direct pulmonic airflow through the nasal cavity during the lingual initiation.
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| 18. | Pulmonic consonants make up the majority of consonants in the IPA, as well as in human language.
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| 19. | Besides being motivated phonetically, this has the benefit of better illustrating the parallels between clicks and pulmonic consonants.
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| 20. | The increased blood volume in the right ventricle causes the pulmonic valve to stay open longer during ventricular systole.
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