Voiceless palatal implosive
ʄ̊
ƈ
cʼ↓
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A voiceless palatal implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is  ʄ̊  or cʼ↓. A dedicated IPA letter, ƈ, was withdrawn in 1993.

Features

Features of the voiceless palatal implosive:

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Lendu[1] ledyø [lɛʄ̥ø]
Ngiti tdyɛ̀kɛ̀ [káʄ̥ɛ̀kɛ̀] 'sorghum' Contrasts voiced implosive /ʄ/, and voiceless, voiced, and prenasalised plosives /c/, /ɟ/, /ᶮɟ/.[2][3]
Serer[4] [example needed] Written as ⟨ࢢ⟩ in the Arabic script and as ⟨ƈ⟩ in Latin script. Contrasts /ɓ̥, ɗ̥, ʄ̊, ɓ, ɗ, ʄ/.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Phoible 2.0 -".
  2. ^ Kutsch Lojenga, Constance (1994). Ngiti: a Central-Sudanic language of Zaire (PhD). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
  3. ^ "Phoible 2.0 -".
  4. ^ Mc Laughlin (2005:203)