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| The original Lepsius lower-case palatal click letter |
Originally a pipe⟨ǀ⟩ with anacute accent,ǀ́. Universally replaced by ǂ in the 19th century.
ǂ
- (IPA) the forward release of apalatal click.
- thetenuis velar or sometimes uvular palatal click,[k͜ǂ] or[q͜ǂ]
- (superscript⟨𐞸⟩, IPA)[ǂ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[ǂ]-release.
Technically,⟨ǂ⟩ is only the forward clicked release, not the entire consonant. A full transcription of a click consonant requires a second letter to specify whether the rear closure is velar or uvular, and whether the click is voiced or nasal:
| Velar | Uvular |
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| Voiceless | k͜ǂ | q͜ǂ |
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| Voiced | ɡ͜ǂ | ɢ͜ǂ |
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| Nasal | ŋ͜ǂ | ɴ͜ǂ |
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The tie bar may be omitted, or the accompanying letter may be superscripted:⟨ᵏǂ ᶢǂ ᵑǂ 𐞥ǂ 𐞒ǂ ᶰǂ⟩.
If the order is reversed, e.g.⟨ǂ͜q⟩, that may imply that the velar or uvular release is audible (delayed release).
• The Unicode-assigned namealveolar is obsolete. The true alveolar click is IPA⟨ǃ⟩ .
ǂ
- Aletter of the Juǀ'hoanalphabet, written in theLatin script.
- The glottalized nasal clickIPA(key): /ᵑ̊ǂˀ/
ǂ
- Aletter of the Khoekhoealphabet, written in theLatin script.
