Palatal lateral ejective affricate explained

Above:	Palatal lateral ejective affricate
Ipa Symbol:	cʼ
Ipa Symbol2:	cʎ̝̊ʼ

The palatal lateral ejective affricate is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|c͜ʼ) (extIPA; strict IPA: (IPA|c͜ʎ̝̊ʼ)).

It is a rare sound, found in Dahalo, a Cushitic language of Kenya, and in Hadza, a language isolate of Tanzania. In Dahalo, pronounced as //c͜ʼ// contrasts with alveolar pronounced as //t͜ɬʼ//, and in Hadza it contrasts with velar pronounced as /[k͜ʼ]/, an allophone of pronounced as //kʼ//.

Features

Features of the palatal lateral ejective affricate:

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning
		pronounced as /[ʔacʼáno]/	'semen'
		pronounced as /[mitcʼa]/	'bone'

The Hadza sound has been transcribed as pronounced as /[t͜ʼ]/, but alveolar contact of the tongue is variable and not distinctive.

References

pronounced as /navigation/