Voiced velar affricate
ɡɣ
IPA number	110 141
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X-SAMPA	g_G
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Avoiced velar affricate is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in very fewspokenlanguages. The symbols in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨ɡ͡ɣ⟩ and ⟨ɡ͜ɣ⟩. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨ɡɣ⟩.

A voiced velar affricate has not been reported to occurphonemically in any language, but it is reported as anallophone of /g/ (usually realized as avoiced velar plosive) in somedialects ofAnglo-English.

Features of a voiced velar affricate:

• Itsmanner of articulation isaffricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
• Itsplace of articulation isvelar, which means it is articulated with the back of thetongue (the dorsum) at thesoft palate.
• Itsphonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
• It is anoral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
• It is amedian consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream down the midline of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
• Itsairstream mechanism ispulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air only with theintercostal muscles andabdominal muscles, as in most sounds.

• List of languages with[ɡɣ] onPHOIBLE

• Affricates
• Pulmonic consonants
• Voiced oral consonants
• Velar consonants
• Median consonants

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