| Ipa Symbol: | ʘ |
| Ipa Number: | 176 |
| Decimal: | 664 |
| Kirshenbaum: | p! |
| Braille: | and |
| Braille2: | p |
| Ipa Symbol: | q͡ʘ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ʘ |
See main article: Bilabial clicks.
The voiceless or more precisely tenuis bilabial click is a click consonant found in some languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a tenuis bilabial click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|k͡ʘ) or (IPA|k͜ʘ), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|kʘ), (IPA|ᵏʘ) or just (IPA|ʘ). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|q͡ʘ, q͜ʘ, qʘ, ʘ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ʘk) or (IPA|ʘᵏ); this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.[1]
Features of the tenuis bilabial click:
Tenuis bilabial clicks are only known to occur in the Tuu and Kx'a families of southern Africa.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ǂHoan | pronounced as /[k͡ʘoa]/ | 'two' | ||
| Taa | pronounced as /[k͡ʘàa]/ | 'child' | ||
pronounced as /navigation/