Voiced retroflex click explained

Ipa Symbol:	ɡ͡   ɡ͡‼
Ipa Symbol2:	ᶢ   ᶢ‼
Ipa Symbol3:	̬   ‼̬
Kirshenbaum:	d.!

Ipa Symbol:	ɢ͡   ɢ͡‼
Ipa Symbol2:	‼

See main article: Retroflex click.

The voiced retroflex click is a rare click consonant. In practical orthography, an ad hoc symbol (IPA|‼) is used for the retroflex clicks; a voiced click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|ɡ͡‼) or (IPA|ɡ͜‼), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|ɡ‼), (IPA|ᶢ‼) or (IPA|‼̬).The implicit symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is (IPA|ɡ͡) or (IPA|ɡ͜), abbreviated (IPA|ɡ), (IPA|ᶢ) or (IPA|̬).^[1] Linguists who prefer the old IPA letters use the analogous Doke convention^[2] of (IPA|ɡ͡ψ) or (IPA|ɡ͜ψ), abbreviated (IPA|ɡψ), (IPA|ᶢψ) or (IPA|ψ̬). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|ɢ͡‼, ɢ͜‼, ɢ‼, ‼), (IPA|ɢ͡, ɢ͜, ɢ,) and (IPA|ɢ͡ψ, ɢ͜ψ, ɢψ, ψ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ɡ) or (IPA|ᶢ); 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 voiced retroflex click:

Occurrence

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

Notes

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.