| Above: | Nasal bilabial velar click |
| Ipa Symbol: | ŋ͡ʘ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ʘ̃ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᵑʘ |
| Kirshenbaum: | m! |
| Ipa Symbol: | ɴ͡ʘ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᶰʘ |
See main article: Bilabial click and nasal click.
The bilabial nasal click is a click consonant found in some of the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a nasal bilabial click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|ŋ͡ʘ) or (IPA|ŋ͜ʘ), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|ŋʘ), (IPA|ᵑʘ) or (IPA|ʘ̃). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|ɴ͡ʘ, ɴ͜ʘ, ɴʘ, ᶰʘ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ʘŋ) or (IPA|ʘᵑ); this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.[1]
Features of the bilabial nasal click:
Bilabial nasal clicks only occur in the Tuu and Kx'a families of southern Africa, in the Australian ritual language Damin, and for /mw/ in some of the languages neighboring Shona, such as at least for some speakers of Ndau and Tonga.
| Language | Word | Meaning | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m!ii | pronounced as /[ᵑʘiː]/ | 'vegetable' | ||
| kumwa | pronounced as /[kʼuᵑʘwa]/ | 'to drink' | ||
| mwana | pronounced as /[ᵑʘwana]/ | 'child' |
| Above: | Glottalized bilabial nasal click |
| Ipa Symbol: | ʘ̃ˀ ʘ̃͜ʔ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᵑʘˀ ᵑ̊ʘˀ |
| Showbelow: | no |
See main article: Glottalized click.
The Tuu and Kx'a languages also have glottalized nasal clicks. These are formed by closing the glottis so that the click is pronounced in silence; however, any preceding vowel will be nasalized.
pronounced as /navigation/