| Ipa Symbol: | k͡ǃ k͡ʗ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ᵏǃ ᵏʗ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ǃ ʗ |
| Kirshenbaum: | c![1] |
| Ipa Number: | 178 |
| Decimal1: | 451 |
| Decimal2: | 663 |
| Braille: | and |
| Braille2: | t |
| Note2: | Unicode character name for ǃ is |
| Ipa Symbol: | q͡ǃ q͡ʗ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ǃ ʗ |
See main article: Alveolar click.
The voiceless or more precisely tenuis (post)alveolar click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a tenuis alveolar click with a velar rear articulation is (IPA|k͡ǃ) or (IPA|k͜ǃ), commonly abbreviated to (IPA|kǃ), (IPA|ᵏǃ) or simply (IPA|ǃ); a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is (IPA|k͡ʗ) or (IPA|k͜ʗ), abbreviated (IPA|kʗ), (IPA|ᵏʗ) or just (IPA|ʗ). For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are (IPA|q͡ǃ, q͜ǃ, qǃ, ǃ) and (IPA|q͡ʗ, q͜ʗ, qʗ, ʗ).Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. (IPA|ǃk) or (IPA|ǃᵏ); 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 (post)alveolar click:
Tenuis alveolar clicks are found primarily in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in some neighboring Bantu languages.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadza | la'''q'''o | pronounced as /[lak͜ǃo]/ pronounced as /[laᵏʗo]/ | 'to trip' | |
| Khoekhoe | '''ǃg'''abe | pronounced as /[k͜ǃȁwé]/ pronounced as /[ᵏʗȁwé]/ | 'to speak a Khoisan language' | |
| Sesotho | pronounced as /[hʊk͜ǃɔk͜ǃɑ]/ pronounced as /[hʊᵏʗɔᵏʗɑ]/ | 'to chat' | ||
| Xhosa | pronounced as /[ik͜ǃanda]/ pronounced as /[iᵏʗanda]/ | 'egg' | ||
| Zulu | pronounced as /[íːk͜ǃaːk͜ǃá]/ pronounced as /[íːᵏʗaːᵏʗá]/ | 'polecat' |
pronounced as /navigation/