| Ipa Symbol: | ŋ͡ǃ ŋ͡ʗ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᵑǃ ᵑʗ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ǃ̃ ʗ̃ |
| Kirshenbaum: | n.! (n^!)[1] |
| Ipa Symbol: | ɴ͡ǃ ɴ͡ʗ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᶰǃ ᶰʗ |
See main article: Alveolar click and nasal click.
The alveolar nasal click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa.[2] The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a nasal alveolar click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|ŋ͡ǃ) or (IPA|ŋ͜ǃ), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|ŋǃ), (IPA|ᵑǃ) or (IPA|ǃ̃); a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is (IPA|ŋ͡ʗ) or (IPA|ŋ͜ʗ), abbreviated (IPA|ŋʗ), (IPA|ᵑʗ) or (IPA|ʗ̃). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|ɴ͡ǃ, ɴ͜ǃ, ɴǃ, ᶰǃ) and (IPA|ɴ͡ʗ, ɴ͜ʗ, ɴʗ, ᶰʗ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ǃŋ) or (IPA|ǃᵑ); this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.[3]
Features of the alveolar nasal click:
Alveolar nasal clicks are found primarily in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in some neighboring Bantu languages such as Yeyi.[4]
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ǃKung | nǃan | pronounced as /[ᵑǃáŋ]/ pronounced as /[ᵑʗáŋ]/ | 'inside' | |
| n!2u | pronounced as /[ᵑǃᵑǃu]/ pronounced as /[ᵑʗᵑʗu]/ | 'water' | ||
| henqee | pronounced as /[ɦeŋᵑǃeʔe]/ pronounced as /[ɦeŋᵑʗeʔe]/ | 'dead leopard' | ||
| Khoekhoe | xuruǃomǃnâ | pronounced as /[xȕɾúᵑǃˀóm̀ᵑǃã̀ã̀]/ pronounced as /[xȕɾúᵑʗˀóm̀ᵑʗã̀ã̀]/ | 'to yank at something' | |
| inqola | pronounced as /[iᵑǃɔ́ːla]/ pronounced as /[iᵑʗɔ́ːla]/ | 'cart' |
| Above: | Glottalized alveolar nasal click |
| Ipa Symbol: | ǃ̃ˀ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᵑǃ͡ʔ ᵑ̊ǃˀ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ʗ̃͡ʔ |
| Ipa Symbol4: | ᵑʗˀ |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| teqqe | pronounced as /[teᵑǃˀe]/ pronounced as /[teᵑʗˀe]/ | 'to carry' | ||
| xuruǃomǃnâ | pronounced as /[xȕɾúᵑǃˀóm̀ᵑǃã̀ã̀]/ pronounced as /[xȕɾúᵑʗˀóm̀ᵑʗã̀ã̀]/ | 'to yank at something' | ||
| ukuqhankqalaza | pronounced as /[ukʼuᵏǃʰaᵑǃˀalaza]/ pronounced as /[ukʼuᵏʗʰaᵑʗˀalaza]/ | 'to struggle' |
pronounced as /navigation/