Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The uvula is the little piece of flesh hanging on the end of the palate , where it meets the throat at the back of the mouth. It is derived from the Latin meaning "grape". The uvula plays an important role in the creation of a human voice sound especially the creation of guttural sounds. It functions in tandem with the back of the throat, the palate, and air coming up from the lungs to create a number of guttural and other sounds. Consonants pronounced with the uvula do not appear in English; however, languages such as French, Arabic, and Ubykh use uvular consonants to varying degrees. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.