Tenuis palatal velar click | |
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k͡ǂ | |
ᵏ𝼋 | |
IPA Number | 179 |
Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) | ǂ |
Unicode (hex) | U+01C2 |
Braille | ![]() ![]() |
Audio sample | |
Tenuis palatal uvular click | |
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q͡ǂ | |
𐞥𝼋 |
The voiceless or more precisely tenuis palatal click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ǂ⟩ (double-barred pipe). A stylistic variant sometimes seen is ⟨𝼋⟩ (approx. ⟨⨎⟩, a double-barred esh).
Features of the tenuis palatal click:
Tenuis palatal clicks are only found in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in the neighboring Yeyi language.
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning |
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ǂHaba | ǂHaba | [k͜ǂʰabá] = [ᵏ𝼋ʰabá] | 'ǂHaba' |
Khoekhoe | ǂgā-amǃnâ | [k͜ǂààʔám̀ŋ͜ǃã̀ã̀] = [ᵏ𝼋ààʔám̀ᵑʗã̀ã̀] | 'to put in the mouth' |
Naro | Qhomatcã (Qhomaçã) |
[k͜ǃʰomak͜ǂã] = [ᵏʗʰomaᵏ𝼋ã] | 'Qhomatca' |
Yeyi | shiǂa | [ʃik͜ǂa] = [ʃiᵏ𝼋a] | 'scarification' |