| Ipa Symbol: | ŋ͡ǁ ŋ͡ʖ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᵑǁ ᵑʖ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ǁ̃ ʖ̃ |
| Kirshenbaum: | nl! |
| Ipa Symbol: | ɴ͡ǁ ɴ͡ʖ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᶰǁ ᶰʖ |
See main article: Lateral click and nasal click.
The lateral nasal click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a nasal lateral click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|ŋ͡ǁ) or (IPA|ŋ͜ǁ), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|ŋǁ), (IPA|ᵑǁ) or (IPA|ǁ̃); a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is (IPA|ŋ͡ʖ) or (IPA|ŋ͜ʖ), abbreviated (IPA|ŋʖ), (IPA|ᵑʖ) or (IPA|ʖ̃). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|ɴ͡ǁ, ɴ͜ǁ, ɴǁ, ᶰǁ) and (IPA|ɴ͡ʖ, ɴ͜ʖ, ɴʖ, ᶰʖ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ǁŋ) or (IPA|ǁᵑ); this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.[1]
Features of the lateral nasal click:
Lateral nasal clicks are found primarily in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in some neighboring Bantu languages.[2] [3]
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nǁan | pronounced as /[ᵑǁàŋ]/ pronounced as /[ᵑʖàŋ]/ | 'marama bean' | ||
| ǁnáã | pronounced as /[ᵑǁɑ́ɑ̃]/ pronounced as /[ᵑʖɑ́ɑ̃]/ | 'grewia berry' | ||
| konxa | pronounced as /[koᵑǁa]/ pronounced as /[koᵑʖa]/ | 'to be a pair' | ||
| inxeba | pronounced as /[iᵑǁɛ́ːɓa]/ pronounced as /[iᵑʖɛ́ːɓa]/ | 'wound' |
| Above: | Glottalized lateral nasal click |
| Ipa Symbol: | ǁ̃ˀ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᵑǁ͡ʔ ᵑ̊ǁˀ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ʖ̃͜ʔ |
| Ipa Symbol4: | ᵑʖˀ |
| Showbelow: | no |
See main article: Glottalized click.
All Khoisan languages, and a few Bantu languages, 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.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slaxxa | pronounced as /[ɬaᵑǁˀa]/ pronounced as /[ɬaᵑʖˀa]/ | 'a split' | ||
| tsoatsoaǁaposa | pronounced as /[tsȍàtsòȁᵑǁˀàpòsa̋]/ pronounced as /[tsȍàtsòȁᵑʖˀàpòsa̋]/ | 'principled' | ||
| inkxumo | pronounced as /[iᵑǁˀumo]/ pronounced as /[iᵑʖˀumo]/ | 'a support' |
pronounced as /navigation/