Voiceless uvular implosive
A voiceless uvular implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʛ̥ ⟩ or ⟨qʼ↓⟩. A dedicated IPA letter, ⟨ʠ⟩, was withdrawn in 1993.
| Voiceless uvular implosive | |
|---|---|
| ʛ̥ | |
| ʠ | |
| qʼ↓ |
Features
- Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also oral, with no nasal outlet, the airflow is blocked entirely, and the consonant is a stop.
- Its place of articulation is uvular, which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) at the uvula.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is implosive (glottalic ingressive), which means it is produced by pulling air in by pumping the glottis downward. As it is voiceless, the glottis is completely closed, and there is no pulmonic airstream at all.
Occurrence
A voiceless uvular implosive has been claimed for several Mayan languages.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q'anjob'al | Q'anjob'al | [ʛ̥ anχoɓal] | 'Q'anjob'al language' | ||
gollark: I see.
gollark: I, at least, do not really want to be stuck with today's hardware limitations forever.
gollark: Which one?
gollark: I mostly meant that it is quite complex to make and if you want nicer ones you need to throw even more industry at it.
gollark: At some point you probably hit physical limits and have to expand *slower*, but you aren't forced to stop.
See also
- List of phonetics topics
- Voiced uvular implosive
External links
- List of languages with [ʛ̥] on PHOIBLE
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