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Inphonetics andphonology,nonexplosive stops are posited class ofnon-pulmonic[citation needed] ("non-obstruent")stop consonants that lack the pressure build-up and burst release associated with pulmonicstops, but also the laryngeal lowering ofimplosive stops. They are reported to occur inIkwere, anIgboid (Niger–Congo) language ofNigeria.
Ikwere's two nonexplosive stops, transcribed as voiced ⟨ḅ⟩ andpre-glottalized ⟨ʼḅ⟩, correspond tolabial-velars/k͡p/ and/ɡ͡b/, respectively, in most other Igboid languages, and toimplosives/ɓ̥/ and/ɓ/ in some varieties ofIgbo. Ikwere's stops resemble both, in that they arevelarized and have a non-pulmonic airstream mechanism.[clarification needed]
