| Ipa Symbol: | k͡ǂ k͡ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᵏǂ ᵏ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ǂ |
| Ipa Number: | 179 |
| Decimal: | 450 |
| Braille: | and |
| Braille2: | 156 |
| Kirshenbaum: | c![1] |
| Ipa Symbol: | q͡ǂ q͡ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ǂ |
See main article: Palatal click.
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 for a tenuis palatal click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|k͡ǂ) or (IPA|k͜ǂ), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|kǂ), (IPA|ᵏǂ) or simply (IPA|ǂ). Linguists who prefer the old IPA letters use the analogous Beach convention[2] of (IPA|k͡) or (IPA|k͜), abbreviated (IPA|k), (IPA|ᵏ) or just (IPA|). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|q͡ǂ, q͜ǂ, qǂ, ǂ) and (IPA|q͡, q͜, q,).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ǂk) or (IPA|ǂᵏ); this may be a simple orthographic choice, or may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.[3]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ǂHaba | ǂHaba | pronounced as /[k͜ǂʰabá]/ = pronounced as /[ᵏʰabá]/ | 'ǂHaba' | |
| Khoekhoe | ǂgā-amǃnâ | pronounced as /[k͜ǂààʔám̀ŋ͜ǃã̀ã̀]/ = pronounced as /[ᵏààʔám̀ᵑʗã̀ã̀]/ | 'to put in the mouth' | |
| Naro | Qhomatcã (Qhomaçã) | pronounced as /[k͜ǃʰomak͜ǂã]/ = pronounced as /[ᵏʗʰomaᵏã]/ | 'Qhomatca' | |
| Yeyi | shiǂa | pronounced as /[ʃik͜ǂa]/ = pronounced as /[ʃiᵏa]/ | 'scarification' |
pronounced as /navigation/