See also:![U+0021 EXCLAMATION MARK],
¡[U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK],andỊ[U+1ECA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT BELOW]  |
| The original Lepsius lower-case cerebral (alveolar) click letter |
The pipe⟨ǀ⟩ +subscript dot. Despite the visual similarity in most sources, this letter does not derive from the exclamation mark!.
- The Unicode-assigned nameretroflex is obsolete. The true retroflex click is IPA⟨ 𝼊 ⟩.
ǃ
- (IPA) the forward release of analveolar click.
- thetenuis velar or sometimes uvular alveolar click,[k͜ǃ] or[q͜ǃ]
- (superscript⟨ꜝ⟩, IPA)[ǃ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[ǃ]-release.
Technically,⟨ǃ⟩ is only the forward clicked release, not the entire consonant. It is adequate for click sounds without a rear release, such as theclip! clop! of imitating a trotting horse in English. 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 | k͜ǃ | q͜ǃ |
|---|
| Voiced | ɡ͜ǃ | ɢ͜ǃ |
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| Nasal | ŋ͜ǃ | ɴ͜ǃ |
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The tie bar may be omitted, or the accompanying letter may be superscripted:⟨ᵏǃ ᶢǃ ᵑǃ 𐞥ǃ 𐞒ǃ ᶰǃ⟩.
If the order is reversed, e.g.⟨ǃ͜q⟩, that may imply that the velar or uvular release is audible (delayed release).
- 𝼊
- ¡: Sometimes the release of a ǃ-click or ǂ-click may end with the underside of the tongue audibly slapping the bottom of the mouth. This percussive slap is transcribed⟨¡⟩, and such a slapped click as⟨ǃ¡⟩ or⟨ǂ¡⟩ (plus any accompanying letter, e.g. velar nasal[ŋ͜ǃ¡]).
ǃ (no case)
- Aletter of the Juǀ'hoanalphabet, written in theLatin script.
- The glottalized nasal clickIPA(key): /ᵑ̊ǃˀ/
ǃ (no case)
- Aletter of the Khoekhoealphabet, written in theLatin script.
