| Ipa Symbol: | k͡ǁ k͡ʖ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᵏǁ ᵏʖ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ǁ ʖ |
| Kirshenbaum: | l![1] |
| Ipa Number: | 180, 203 |
| Decimal1: | 449 |
| Decimal2: | 662 |
| Braille: | and |
| Braille2: | l |
| Ipa Symbol: | q͡ǁ q͡ʖ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ǁ ʖ |
See main article: Lateral click.
The voiceless or more precisely tenuis lateral click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa.The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a tenuis lateral click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|k͡ǁ) or (IPA|k͜ǁ), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|kǁ), (IPA|ᵏǁ) or just (IPA|ǁ); a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is (IPA|k͡ʖ) or (IPA|k͜ʖ), abbreviated (IPA|kʖ), (IPA|ᵏʖ) or just (IPA|ʖ). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|q͡ǁ, q͜ǁ, qǁ, ǁ) and (IPA|q͡ʖ, q͜ʖ, qʖ, ʖ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ǁk) or (IPA|ǁᵏ); this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.[2]
Features of the tenuis lateral click:
Tenuis lateral clicks are found primarily in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in some neighboring Bantu languages.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| exekeke | pronounced as /[ʔek͜ǁekeke]/ pronounced as /[ʔeᵏʖekeke]/ | 'to listen' | ||
| Khoekhoe | ǂamǁgû | pronounced as /[ŋ͜ǂ͡ʔàm̀k͜ǁṹṹ]/ pronounced as /[ᵑǂˀàm̀ᵏʖṹṹ]/ | 'to inadvertently bite a hard object' | |
| inxeba | pronounced as /[íŋk͜ǁeːɓa]/ pronounced as /[íŋᵏʖeːɓa]/ | 'wound' (noun) | ||
| xoxa | pronounced as /[k͜ǁɔːk͜ǁa]/ pronounced as /[ᵏʖɔːᵏʖa]/ | 'to converse' |
pronounced as /navigation/