| Voiced alveolar velar click | |
|---|---|
| ɡǃ ɡʗ | |
| ᶢǃ ᶢʗ | |
| ǃ̬ ʗ̬ | |
| ǃ᪶ |
| Voiced alveolar uvular click | |
|---|---|
| ɢǃ ɢʗ | |
| 𐞒ǃ 𐞒ʗ |
Avoiced (post)alveolar click is aclick consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet for a voiced alveolar click with avelar rear articulation is ⟨ɡ͡ǃ⟩ or ⟨ɡ͜ǃ⟩, commonly abbreviated to ⟨ɡǃ⟩, ⟨ᶢǃ⟩ or ⟨ǃ̬⟩; a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is ⟨ɡ͡ʗ⟩ or ⟨ɡ͜ʗ⟩, abbreviated ⟨ɡʗ⟩, ⟨ᶢʗ⟩ or ⟨ʗ̬⟩. For a click with auvular rear articulation, the equivalents are ⟨ɢ͡ǃ,ɢ͜ǃ,ɢǃ,𐞒ǃ⟩ and ⟨ɢ͡ʗ,ɢ͜ʗ,ɢʗ,𐞒ʗ⟩.Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. ⟨ǃɡ⟩ or ⟨ǃᶢ⟩; this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.[1]
In languages which use the Bantu letters for clicks, this is most commonly written⟨gq⟩, but it is written⟨dq⟩ in those languages that use⟨g⟩ for theuvular fricative.
Features of a voiced (post)alveolar click:
Voiced alveolar clicks are found primarily in the variousKhoisan language families of southern Africa and in some neighboringBantu languages.[2]
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naro | dqòma tcg'òó | [ɡ͜ǃòmāk͜ǂqχʼǒː] =[ᶢʗòmāᵏ𝼋χʼǒː] | (place name) |
| Sandawe | gqakina | [ɡ͜ǃàkʰíná] =[ᶢʗàkʰíná] | 'to carry hidden' |
| Yeyi | kagǃawa | [kaɡ͜ǃawa] =[kaᶢʗawa] | 'calabash' |
