Voiceless uvular implosive

{{Short description|Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʛ̥⟩ or ⟨ʠ⟩ in IPA}}

{{Infobox IPA

| above = Voiceless uvular implosive

| ipa symbol = ʛ̥

| ipa symbol2 = ʠ

| ipa symbol3 = qʼ↓

| ipa-image = IPA Unicode 0x02A0.svg

}}

The voiceless uvular implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|ʛ̥ }} or {{angbr IPA|qʼ↓}}. A dedicated IPA letter, {{angbr IPA|ʠ}}, was withdrawn in 1993.

Features

Occurrence

A voiceless uvular implosive has been claimed for several Mayan languages.

class="wikitable" ! Language !! Word !! IPA !! Meaning !! Notes
KaqchikelPatal Majzul et al., 2000, pp. 24ff.{{full citation needed\|date=March 2024}}	{{lang\|cak\|qʼijobʼäl}}	{{IPA\|[ʛ̥iχoˈɓəɬ]}}	'watch, clock'	In word final position, [ʛ̥] is in free variation with [qʼ]; elsewhere only [ʛ̥] appears. See Kaqchikel language.
Mam{{Cite book\|title=A grammar of Mam, a Mayan language\|last=England\|first=Nora C.\|date=1983\|publisher=University of Texas Press\|isbn=0292729278\|location=Austin\|oclc=748935484}} \|{{lang\|mam\|qʼootj}} \|{{IPA\|[ʛ̥oːtʰχ]}} \|'dough' \|
Uspantek{{Cite journal \|last1=Bennett \|first1=Ryan \|last2=Harvey \|first2=Meg \|last3=Henderson \|first3=Robert \|last4=Méndez López \|first4=Tomás Alberto \|date=September 2022 \|title=The phonetics and phonology of Uspanteko (Mayan) \|journal=Language and Linguistics Compass \|language=en \|volume=16 \|issue=9 \|doi=10.1111/lnc3.12467 \|issn=1749-818X\|doi-access=free }} \|{{lang\|usp\|jq’aab}} \|{{IPA\|[χʛ̥aːpˀ]}} \|'his/her hand' \|[ʛ̥] is in free variation with [qˀ] in all positions.

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{{phoible|ʛ̥}}

Category:Uvular consonants

Category:Implosives

Category:Voiceless oral consonants

Category:Central consonants

class="wikitable" ! Language !! Word !! IPA !! Meaning !! Notes
KaqchikelPatal Majzul et al., 2000, pp. 24ff.{{full citation needed\|date=March 2024}}	{{lang\|cak\|qʼijobʼäl}}	{{IPA\|[ʛ̥iχoˈɓəɬ]}}	'watch, clock'	In word final position, [ʛ̥] is in free variation with [qʼ]; elsewhere only [ʛ̥] appears. See Kaqchikel language.
Mam{{Cite book\|title=A grammar of Mam, a Mayan language\|last=England\|first=Nora C.\|date=1983\|publisher=University of Texas Press\|isbn=0292729278\|location=Austin\|oclc=748935484}} \|{{lang\|mam\|qʼootj}} \|{{IPA\|[ʛ̥oːtʰχ]}} \|'dough' \|
Uspantek{{Cite journal \|last1=Bennett \|first1=Ryan \|last2=Harvey \|first2=Meg \|last3=Henderson \|first3=Robert \|last4=Méndez López \|first4=Tomás Alberto \|date=September 2022 \|title=The phonetics and phonology of Uspanteko (Mayan) \|journal=Language and Linguistics Compass \|language=en \|volume=16 \|issue=9 \|doi=10.1111/lnc3.12467 \|issn=1749-818X\|doi-access=free }} \|{{lang\|usp\|jq’aab}} \|{{IPA\|[χʛ̥aːpˀ]}} \|'his/her hand' \|[ʛ̥] is in free variation with [qˀ] in all positions.

Voiceless uvular implosive

Features

Occurrence

See also

References

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