👉 The term "claviform" is used in linguistics to describe a particular type of vowel sound. Specifically, it refers to the lateral position of a vowel's laryngeal cartilage where the roof of the mouth meets the throat, which allows for the production of a very short, sharp, and piercing sound called clavulation or claviform. The claviform is often associated with certain phonemes in languages that have clavulatory vowels, such as English, German,