Voiced velar implosive explained

Ipa Symbol:	ɠ
Ipa Number:	166
Decimal:	608
Xsampa:	g_<
Kirshenbaum:	g`
Braille:	236
Braille2:	g

The voiced velar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|ɠ ), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is g_<. It is familiar to English speakers as the sound made when mimicking the 'gulping' of water.

Occurrence

Language		Word		Meaning	Notes
		'''q'''alang	pronounced as /[ɠalaŋ]/	'pen'	Corresponds to /q/ in Standard Somali
		pronounced as /[ɠà]/	'count'
		'''g'''ood	pronounced as /[ɠuːd]/	'good'	Allophone of pronounced as //ɡ// in the onset of prominent syllables
		Sindhi: [[Sindhi alphabet|'''ڳَـ'''ئُون]]/		'cow'
		'''q'''aandi	pronounced as /[ɠaːndi]/	'hello'
		Zulu: u'''k'''uza	pronounced as /[uˈɠuːza]/	'to come'	Allophone of pronounced as //k//

See also

• List of phonetics topics
• Voiceless velar implosive

References

• Connell . Bruce . Ahoua . Firmin . Gibbon . Dafydd . 2002 . Ega . Journal of the International Phonetic Association . 32 . 1 . 99–104 . 10.1017/S002510030200018X . free.
• Book: Devonish, H . A Handbook of Varieties of English . Harry . Otelamate G. . Mouton De Gruyter . 2004 . 9783110197181 . Kortman . B. . 1: Phonology . Berlin . 441–471 . Jamaican phonology . 10.1515/9783110197181 . Shneider . E. W..
• Keer . Edward . Geminates, The OCP and The Nature of CON . PhD . Rutgers University . 10.7282/T3PZ57MT . free . 1999.
• Tench . Paul . 2007 . Tera . Journal of the International Phonetic Association . 37 . 1 . 228–234 . 10.1017/s0025100307002952 . free.

External links

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