In Swabian German, a pharyngeal approximant is an allophone of in nucleus and coda positions. In onsets, it is pronounced as a uvular approximant. In Danish, may have slight frication, and, according to , it may be a pharyngeal approximant . In Finnish, a weak pharyngeal fricative is the realization of after the vowels or in syllable-coda position, e.g. tähti 'star'.
in swabian german a pharyngeal approximant is an allophone of in nucleus and coda positions in onsets it is pronounced as a uvular approximant in danish may have slight frication and according to  it may be a pharyngeal approximant  in finnish a weak pharyngeal fricative is the realization of after the vowels or in syllable-coda position eg tähti 'star'