| Palatal ejective stop | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| cʼ | |||
| IPA number | 107 + 401 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | cʼ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0063 U+02BC | ||
| X-SAMPA | c_> | ||
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Apalatal ejective is a type ofconsonantal sound used in some spokenlanguages, and the symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) that represents this sound is ⟨cʼ⟩.
Some of the features of a palatal ejective stop are:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hausa[1] | [cʼaːɽa] | 'grass' | The three-way contrast betweenpalatals/cɟcʼ/, plain velars/kɡkʼ/, and labialized velars/kʷɡʷkʷʼ/ is found only before long and short/a/. | |
| Jaqaru[2] | [example needed] | |||
| Keres[3][4] | [example needed] | |||
| Nǁng[5] | /cʼaˤe/ | cʼaqe | 'to be finely-sized' | |