Tenuis retroflex click explained

Ipa Symbol:	k͡   k͡‼
Ipa Symbol2:	ᵏ   ᵏ‼
Ipa Symbol3:	‼
Kirshenbaum:	t.!

Ipa Symbol:	q͡   q͡‼
Ipa Symbol2:	‼

See main article: Retroflex click.

The voiceless or more precisely tenuis retroflex click is a rare click consonant. In practical orthography, an ad hoc symbol (IPA|‼) is used for the retroflex clicks; a tenuis click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|k͡‼) or (IPA|k͜‼), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|k‼), (IPA|ᵏ‼) or just (IPA|‼).The implicit symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is (IPA|k͡) or (IPA|k͜), abbreviated (IPA|k), (IPA|ᵏ) or just (IPA|).^[1] Linguists who prefer the old IPA letters use the analogous Doke convention^[2] of (IPA|k͡ψ) or (IPA|k͜ψ), abbreviated (IPA|kψ), (IPA|ᵏψ) or (IPA|ψ). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|q͡‼, q͜‼, q‼, ‼), (IPA|q͡, q͜, q,) and (IPA|q͡ψ, q͜ψ, qψ, ψ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|k) or (IPA|ᵏ); this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.^[3]

Features

Features of the tenuis retroflex click:

Occurrence

The tenuis retroflex click is only confirmed from a single language, Central !Kung.^[4]

References

pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unicode proposal L2/20-115R: Unicode request for additional phonetic click letters . Kirk Miller . Bonny Sands . 1 July 2020 .
2. Clement M.. Doke. 1925. An outline of the phonetics of the language of the ʗhũ: Bushman of the North-West Kalahari. Bantu Studies. 2. 129–166. 10.1080/02561751.1923.9676181.
3. Book: Afrika und Übersee . 2005 . D. Reimer . 93–94 . en.
4. Scott. Abigail. Miller. Amanda. Namaseb. Levi. Sands. Bonny. Shah. Sheena. June 2, 2010. Retroflex Clicks in Two Dialects of ǃXung. University of Botswana, Department of African Languages.