| Above: | Velar lateral ejective affricate |
| Ipa Symbol: | kʼ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | kʟ̝̊ʼ |
The velar 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|kʼ) (extIPA; strict IPA: (IPA|kʟ̝̊ʼ)).
It is found in two forms in Archi, a Northeast Caucasian language of Dagestan, plain pronounced as /[kʼ]/ and labialized pronounced as /[kʷʼ]/. It is further forward than velars in most languages, and might better be called prevelar. Archi also has voiceless (pulmonic) variants of its lateral affricates, several voiceless lateral fricatives, and a voiced lateral fricative at the same place of articulation, but no alveolar lateral fricatives or affricates.[1]
pronounced as /[kʼ]/ is also found as an allophone of pronounced as //kx// (ejective after a nasal) in Zulu and Xhosa, and of the velar ejective affricate pronounced as //kxʼ// in Hadza. In the latter, it contrasts with palatal pronounced as /link/, as in pronounced as /[cʼakʼa]/ 'to cradle'. In fact, the velar ejective is reported to be lateral, or to have a lateral allophone, in various languages of Africa which have clicks, including Taa, various varieties of !Kung, Gǁana (including Gǀui dialect), Khwe (ǁAni dialect), and Khoekhoe.[2]
Features of the velar lateral ejective affricate:
| Language | Word | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archi[3] | [[Archi language#Orthography|'''кь'''ан]] | pronounced as /[kʼan]/ | 'to love' | Pre-velar. Archi contrasts between plain and labialized versions. | |
| Gǀui[4] | In free variation with the pronounced as /ink/. | ||||
| Sandawe: '''tl’'''ungu | pronounced as /[kʼùŋɡȕ]/ | 'sky' | Allophone of pronounced as //tɬʼ// before pronounced as //u, w// | ||
| Zulu: [[Zulu alphabet|um'''kl'''omelo]] | pronounced as /[umkʼɔˈmɛːlo]/ | 'prize' | |||
pronounced as /navigation/