| Ipa Symbol: | k͡ǀ k͡ʇ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᵏǀ ᵏʇ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ǀ ʇ |
| Ipa Number: | 177 |
| Decimal1: | 448 |
| Decimal2: | 647 |
| Kirshenbaum: | t! |
| Braille: | and |
| Braille2: | 1456 |
| Ipa Symbol: | q͡ǀ q͡ʇ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ǀ ʇ |
See main article: Dental clicks.
The voiceless or more precisely tenuis dental click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|ǀ). The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a tenuis dental click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|k͡ǀ) or (IPA|k͜ǀ), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|kǀ), (IPA|ᵏǀ) or simply (IPA|ǀ); a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is (IPA|k͡ʇ) or (IPA|k͜ʇ), abbreviated (IPA|kʇ), (IPA|ᵏʇ) or just (IPA|ʇ). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|q͡ǀ, q͜ǀ, qǀ, ǀ) and (IPA|q͡ʇ, q͜ʇ, qʇ, ʇ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ǀk) or (IPA|ǀᵏ); 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 dental click:
Tenuis dental clicks are found primarily in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in some neighbouring Bantu languages.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zulu | icici | pronounced as /[îːk͜ǀíːk͜ǀi]/ pronounced as /[îːᵏʇíːᵏʇi]/ | 'earring' | ||
| Hadza | cinambo | pronounced as /[k͜ǀinambo]/ pronounced as /[ᵏʇinambo]/ | 'firefly' | ||
| Khoekhoe | ǀgurub | pronounced as /[k͜ǀȕɾȕp]/ pronounced as /[ᵏʇȕɾȕp]/ | 'dry autumn leaves' |
pronounced as /navigation/