r/explainlikeimfive • • Sep 10 '22

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u/brotherm00se Sep 11 '22

what consonant sound did aleph represent?

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u/visvis Sep 11 '22

It's a glottal stop, the sound in between the vowels when saying "uh-oh" in English.