| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|
| Abaza | хъацӀа/qac’a | [qat͡sʼa] | 'man' | |
| Adyghe | атакъэ/atáqa | [ataːqa]ⓘ | 'rooster' | |
| Aleut[1] | ԟи́гаԟъ/qiighax̂ | [qiːɣaχ] | 'grass' | |
| Arabic | Modern Standard[2] | قـط/qiṭṭ | [qitˤː]ⓘ | 'cat' | SeeArabic phonology |
| Hejazi | قِـمَّة/qimma | [qɪmːa] | 'peak' | Allophone of/g/. SeeHejazi Arabic phonology |
| Gulf[3] | غـداً/qaden | [qədæn] | 'tomorrow' | Corresponds to/ɣ/ in other dialects. |
| Algerian |
| Assyrian | ܩܐ/qa | [qa] | 'for' | Often realized as a tense /k/[vague] rather than uvular /q/. |
| Archi | хъал/q"ál | [qaːl] | 'human skin' | |
| Avá-Canoeiro[4] | [ˈqɔːtõ] | 'this' | Possible realisation of/k/. In the speech of people aged 40 to 80 years, the consonant is infree variation with[qˤ],[qʰ] and[k] in post-tonic or primarily or secondarily stressed syllables.[4] |
| Bashkir | ҡаҙ/qađ | [qɑð]ⓘ | 'goose' | |
| Chechen | кхоъ/qo’ | [qɔʔ] | 'three' | |
| Chukchi | Нычымйыӄэн/nyčymjyḳèn | [nət͡ʃəmjəqen] | 'bitter' | |
| Crimean Tatar | Къырым/Qırım | [qɯ.rɯm] | 'Crimea' | |
| Dawsahak | [qoq] | 'dry' | |
| English | Multicultural London[5][6] | cut | [qʌt] | 'cut' | Allophone of/k/ before non-high back vowels.[6][7] |
| Non-local Dublin[8] | back | [bɑq] | 'back' | Allophone of/k/ after aretracted vowel for some speakers.[8] |
| Eyak | g̣u:jih | [qʊːtʃɪ̤] | 'wolf' | |
| German | Chemnitz dialect[9] | Rock | [qɔkʰ] | 'skirt' | In free variation with[ʁ̞],[ʁ],[χ] and[ʀ̥].[9] Does not occur in the coda.[9] |
| Greenlandic | illoqarpoq | [iɬːoqɑppɔq] | 'he has a house' | SeeGreenlandic phonology |
| Hebrew | Biblical | קול/qol | [qol] | 'voice' | SeeBiblical Hebrew phonology |
| Mizrahi | SeeMizrahi Hebrew |
| Shar'abTemani | קול/qöl | [qøːl] | SeeYemenite Hebrew |
| Hmong | White Hmong | 𖬆𖬰𖬦𖬵 /qub | [qu˦] | 'old', 'ancient', 'outdated' or 'archaic' |
| Hungarian | korom | [qorom] | 'soot' | Possible allophone of /k/ before back vowels. SeeHungarian phonology |
| Hindustani | Hindi | बर्क़/barq | [bərq] | 'lightning' | Mostly in Hindi–Urdu loanwords fromArabic, pronounced mainly inUrdu and by educated Hindi speakers, with rural Hindi speakers often pronouncing it as a[k]. SeeHindustani phonology[10][11][12] |
| Urdu | بَرق/barq |
| Ibaloi | kolpot | | 'cloud' | |
| Inuktitut | ᐃᐦᐃᑉᕆᐅᖅᑐᖅ/ihipqiuqtuq’ | [ihipɢiuqtuq] | 'explore' | SeeInuit phonology |
| Iraqw | qeet | [qeːt] | 'break' | |
| Kabardian | къэбэрдей/qabardey | [qabardej]ⓘ | 'Kabardian' | |
| Kabyle | ⵜⴰⵇⴲⴰⵢⵍⵉⵜ | [θɐqβæjlɪθ]ⓘ | 'Kabyle language' | May be voiced[ɢ]. |
| taqbaylit |
| ثاقـبيليث |
| Kavalan | qaqa | [qaqa] | 'elder brother' | |
| Kazakh | Қазақстан/Qazaqstan | [qɑzɑqˈstɑn] | 'Kazakhstan' | An allophone of/k/ beforeback vowels |
| Ket | қан/qan | [qan] | 'begin' | |
| Klallam | qəmtəm | [qəmtəm] | 'iron' | |
| Kurdish | Sorani | قـوتابخانە/qutabxane | [qutɑbxɑnə] | 'School' | An allophone of/k/ beforeback vowels |
| Kurmanji | Qalikdar | [qɑlɯkdɑr] | 'crustacean' | An allophone of/k/ beforeback vowels |
| Kutenai | qaykiťwu | [qajkitʼwu] | 'nine' | |
| Kyrgyz | Кыргызстан/Qırğızstan | [qɯrʁɯsˈstɑn] | 'Kyrgyzstan' | An allophone of/k/ beforeback vowels |
| Lishan Didan | Urmi Dialect | אקלא/aqla | [aqlɑ] | 'foot, leg' | |
| Maltese | ArchaicCottonera Dialect | qattus | [qɐˈtːuːs] | 'cat' | |
| Malto | क़ान/qán | [qa:n] | 'eye' | Corresponds to /x/ in otherNorth Dravidian languages. SeeMalto language#Phonology. |
| Nez Perce | ʔaw̓líwaaʔinpqawtaca | [ʔawˀɪlwaːʔinpqawtat͡sa] | 'I go to scoop him up in the fire' | |
| Nivkh | тяқр̆/täqŕ | [tʲaqr̥] | 'three' | |
| Ossetian | Iron | Дзæуджыхъæу/Zawjëqaw | [ˈzə̹ʊ̯d͡ʒɪ̈qə̹ʊ̯] | 'Vladikavkaz' | |
| Persian | Early New Persian | قَـاشُق/qaşuq | */qaːʃuq/ | 'spoon' | May be allophonicly voiced to [ɢ] before a voiced stop. SeePersian phonology. |
| Dari standard | [qɑːˈʃʊq] |
| Tajik standard | қошуқ/qoşuq | [qɔʃuq] |
| Some Iranian speakers[who?] | قـورباغه/qurbağe | [qurbɒɣe] | 'frog' | In Western Iranian dialects /q/ and /ɣ/ have merged into /ɢ/. Though some dialects in eastern Iran may preserve the distinction in some words. SeePersian phonology. |
| Quechua[13] | qallu | [qaʎu] | 'tongue' | |
| Sahaptin | qu | [qu] | 'heavy' | |
| Seediq | Seediq | [ˈseˈʔediq] | 'Seediq' | |
| Seereer-Siin[14] | [example needed] | — | — | |
| Shor | қам/qam | [qɑm] | 'shaman' | |
| Somali | qaab | [qaːb] | 'shape' | SeeSomali phonology |
| St’át’imcets | teq | [təq] | 'to touch' | |
| Tlingit | g̱agw | [qɐ́kʷ] | 'tree spine' | Tlingit contrasts six different uvular stops |
| Tatar | кайдан/qaydan | [qɑj.dɑn] | 'from where?' | |
| Tsimshian | gwildmḵa̱p'a | [ɡʷildmqɑpʼa] | 'tobacco' | |
| Turkmen | ak | [ɑ:q] | 'white' | Allophone of /k/ next to back vowels |
| Ubykh | qhë | [qʰɜ] | 'grave' | One of ten distinct uvular stop phonemes. SeeUbykh phonology |
| Uyghur | ئاق/aq | [ɑq] | 'white' | |
| Yup'ik | meq | [məq] | 'fresh water' | |
| Yukaghir | Northern | маарх/márq | [maːrq] | 'one' | |
| Southern | атахл/ataql | [ataql] | 'two' | |
| !Xóõ | ǀqháá | [ǀ͡qʰɑ́ː]ⓘ | 'to smooth' | |