| Ipa Symbol: | ɡ͡ǀ ɡ͡ʇ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᶢǀ ᶢʇ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ǀ̬ ʇ̬ |
| Kirshenbaum: | d! |
| Ipa Symbol: | ɢ͡ǀ ɢ͡ʇ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ǀ ʇ |
See main article: Dental clicks.
The voiced dental click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa.[1] The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a voiced dental click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|ɡ͡ǀ) or (IPA|ɡ͜ǀ), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|ɡǀ), (IPA|ᶢǀ) or (IPA|ǀ̬); a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is (IPA|ɡ͡ʇ) or (IPA|ɡ͜ʇ), abbreviated (IPA|ɡʇ), (IPA|ᶢʇ) or (IPA|ʇ̬). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|ɢ͡ǀ, ɢ͜ǀ, ɢǀ, ǀ) and (IPA|ɢ͡ʇ, ɢ͜ʇ, ɢʇ, ʇ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ǀɡ) or (IPA|ǀᶢ); this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.[2]
In languages which use the Bantu letters for clicks, this is most commonly written (gc), but it is written (dc) in those languages that use (g) for the uvular fricative.
Features of the voiced dental click:
Voiced dental clicks are found primarily in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in some neighboring Bantu languages.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dciriku | pronounced as /[ɡ͜ǀiriku] [ᶢʇiriku]/ | 'Gciriku' | ||
| gcĩgcoo | pronounced as /[ɡ͜ǀĩ̌ːɡ͜ǀóː] [ᶢʇĩ̌ːᶢʇóː]/ | (species of bird) | ||
| kugǀawa | pronounced as /[kuɡ͜ǀawa] [kuᶢʇawa]/ | to 'cut grass' |
pronounced as /navigation/