Pulmonic Ingressive

This terminology essentially means 'speaking while breathing in.' People in some parts of Scandinavia will punctuate their speech with an inhaled 'ya.' Here is a quick example of the inhaled 'ya.' 

That's a preface to a story of Donna's I want to share. Donna would sometimes visit a seamstress who was an immigrant from Scandinavia. While the seamstress was marking the hem of a garment, she'd hold straight pins between her lips. She continued to talk while doing so, and would also use the inhaled 'ya' as she spoke. Donna wondered how the seamstress could do this without swallowing the pins.