Voiced bilabial click
The voiced bilabial click is a click consonant found in some of the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʘ̬⟩ or ⟨ᶢʘ⟩.
| Voiced bilabial velar click | |
|---|---|
| ɡ͡ʘ | |
| ᶢʘ | |
| ʘ̬ |
| Voiced bilbial uvular click | |
|---|---|
| ɢ͡ʘ | |
| (etc) |
Features
Features of the voiced bilabial click:
- The airstream mechanism is lingual ingressive (also known as velaric ingressive), which means a pocket of air trapped between two closures is rarefied by a "sucking" action of the tongue, rather than being moved by the glottis or the lungs/diaphragm. The release of the forward closure produces the "click" sound. Voiced and nasal clicks have a simultaneous pulmonic egressive airstream.
- Its place of articulation is bilabial, which means it is articulated with both lips.
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
Occurrence
Voiced bilabial clicks only occur in the Tuu and Kx'a families of southern Africa.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
Notes
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