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The voiced lateral click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa.[1] The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a voiced lateral click with a velar rear articulation is ⟨ɡ͡ǁ⟩ or ⟨ɡ͜ǁ⟩, commonly abbreviated to ⟨ɡǁ⟩, ⟨ᶢǁ⟩ or ⟨ǁ̬⟩; a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is ⟨ɡ͡ʖ⟩ or ⟨ɡ͜ʖ⟩, abbreviated ⟨ɡʖ⟩, ⟨ᶢʖ⟩ or ⟨ʖ̬⟩. For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are ⟨ɢ͡ǁ, ɢ͜ǁ, ɢǁ, 𐞒ǁ⟩ and ⟨ɢ͡ʖ, ɢ͜ʖ, ɢʖ, 𐞒ʖ⟩. Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. ⟨ǁɡ⟩ or ⟨ǁᶢ⟩; this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.[2]
Voiced lateral velar click | |
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ɡ͡ǁ ɡ͡ʖ | |
ᶢǁ ᶢʖ | |
ǁ̬ ʖ̬ |
Voiced lateral uvular click | |
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ɢ͡ǁ ɢ͡ʖ | |
𐞒ǁ 𐞒ʖ |
In languages which use the Bantu letters for clicks, this is most commonly written ⟨gx⟩, but it is written ⟨dx⟩ in those languages that use ⟨g⟩ for the uvular fricative.
Features of the voiced lateral click:
Voiced lateral clicks are found primarily in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in some neighboring Bantu languages.
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning |
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Naro | dxàí cgàa | [ɡ͜ǁàí k͜ǀχàː] = [ᶢʖàí ᵏʇχàː] | 'cheek muscle' |
Sandawe | gxõgxe | [ɡ͜ǁṍːɡ͜ǁê] = [ᶢʖṍːᶢʖê] | 'male greater kudu' |
Yeyi | mugǁawa | [muɡ͜ǁawa] = [muᶢʖawa] | 'arrow' |
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