| Ipa Symbol: | ɡ͡ʘ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ʘ̬ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᶢʘ |
| Ipa Symbol: | ɢ͡ʘ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ʘ |
See main article: Bilabial clicks.
The voiced bilabial click is a click consonant found in some of the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a voiced bilabial click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|ɡ͡ʘ) or (IPA|ɡ͜ʘ), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|ɡʘ), (IPA|ᶢʘ) or (IPA|ʘ̬). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|ɢ͡ʘ, ɢ͜ʘ, ɢʘ, ʘ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ʘɡ) or (IPA|ʘᶢ); this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.[1]
Features of the voiced bilabial click:
Voiced bilabial clicks only occur in the Tuu and Kx'a families of southern Africa.[2] These sounds are extremely rare and many non-native speakers find it difficult to pronounce. Thus, these sounds are sometimes transliterated as a "g" and a "G" and are pronounced as Velar and Uvular Plosives.
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