Voiced uvular plosive

Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɢ⟩ in IPA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Voiced uvular plosive

The voiced uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɢ, a small capital version of the Latin letter g, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is G\.

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Voiced uvular plosive
ɢ
IPA number112
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Entity (decimal)ɢ
Unicode (hex)U+0262
X-SAMPAG\
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[ɢ] is a rare sound, even compared to other uvulars.[1] Vaux proposes a phonological explanation: uvular consonants normally involve a neutral or a retracted tongue root, whereas voiced stops often involve an advanced tongue root: two articulations that cannot physically co-occur. This leads many languages of the world to have a voiced uvular fricative [ʁ] instead as the voiced counterpart of the voiceless uvular plosive. Examples are Inuit; several Turkic languages such as Uyghur; several Northwest Caucasian languages such as Abkhaz; as well as several Northeast Caucasian languages such as Ingush.

There is also the voiced pre-uvular plosive[2] in some languages, which is articulated slightly more front compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical uvular plosive, though not as front as the prototypical velar plosive. The International Phonetic Alphabet does not have a separate symbol for that sound, though it can be transcribed as ɢ̟ (advanced ɢ), ɡ̠ or ɡ˗ (both symbols denote a retracted ɡ). The equivalent X-SAMPA symbols are G\_+ and g_-, respectively.

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Features of the voiced uvular stop:

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Family LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Semitic ArabicSudaneseبقرة[bɑɢɑrɑ]'cow'Corresponds to /q/ in Standard Arabic. See Arabic phonology
Yemeni[3]قات[ɢɑːt]'Khat'Some dialects.[3] Corresponds to /q/ in Standard Arabic. See Arabic phonology
Germanic EnglishAustralian[4]gaudy[ˈɡ̠oːɾi]'gaudy'Pre-uvular; allophone of /ɡ/ before ɔ ʊə/.[4] See Australian English phonology
Low GermanRügen dialectlang[la̱ɴɢ̥]'long'
Yeniseian Ket[5]báŋquk[baŋ˩˧ɢuk˧˩]'cave in the ground'

Allophone of /q/ after /ŋ/.[5]

Wakashan Kwak'walaǥilakas'la[ɢilakasʔla]'thank you'
Semitic Lishan Didan Urmi Dialect בקא‎/baqqa [baɢːɑ] 'frog' Allophone of /q/ when between a vowel/sonorant and a vowel.
Dravidian Maltoतेंग़े[t̪eɴɢe]'to tell'Allophone of /ʁ/ after /ŋ/, /ʁ, ŋʁ/ is /h/ in Southern and Western dialects.
Mongolic MongolianМонгол
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ
[mɔɴɢɔ̆ɮ]'Mongolian'Allophone of /g/ before back vowels, phonemic word-finally.
Isolate Nivkhньыӈ ӷан[ɲɤŋ ɢæn]'our dog'Allophone of /q/
Indo-Iranian Persian Iranianقهوه[ɢæhˈve]'coffee'See Persian phonology.
Cushitic SomaliMuqdisho[muɢdiʃɔ]'Mogadishu'Allophone of /q/. See Somali phonology
Northeast Caucasian Tabasaranдугу[d̪uɢu]'he' (ergative)
Na-Dene Tlingitghooch[ɢuːt͡ʃʰ]'hill'Among some younger speakers, for standard [quːt͡ʃʰ]. See Tlingit phonology
Northeast Caucasian Tsakhurкъгяйэ[ɢajɛ]'stone'
Turkic Turkmengar[ɢɑɾ]'snow'An allophone of /ɡ/ next to back vowels
Qiangic XumiLower[6][ɢʶo˩˥]'to stew'Slightly affricated; occurs only in a few words.[7] Corresponds to the cluster /Nɡ/ in Upper Xumi.[8]
Pama-Nyungan Yanyuwa[9]kuykurlu[ɡ̠uɡ̟uɭu]'sacred'Pre-uvular.[9] Contrasts plain and prenasalized versions
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