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palatal ejective stop

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}

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The palatal ejective is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages, and the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) that represents this sound is ⟨cʼ⟩.

Also the symbol ⟨t͡ʃʼ⟩ represents a palatal ejective affricate, which combines the sounds of a palatal stop [t͡ʃ] and an ejective release [ʼ].

Features

Some of the features of the palatal ejective stop are:

{{plosive}}

{{palatal}}

{{voiceless short}}

{{oral}}

{{central articulation}}

{{ejective}}

Occurrence

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! Word

! IPA

! Meaning

! Notes

Hausa{{Cite book |last=Newman |first=Paul |url=https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/21454/HausaPhonology.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Phonologies of Asia and Africa |publisher=Eisenbrauns |year=1996 |editor-last=Kaye |editor-first=Alan S. |pages=537–552 |chapter=Hausa Phonology |editor-last2=Daniels |editor-first2=Peter T.}}

|colspan=2 align=center| {{IPA|[cʼaːɽa]}}

|'grass'

|The three-way contrast between palatals {{IPA|/c ɟ cʼ/}}, plain velars {{IPA|/k ɡ kʼ/}}, and labialized velars {{IPA|/kʷ ɡʷ kʷʼ/}} is found only before long and short {{IPA|/a/}}.

Jaqaru{{cite web |title=Jaqaru language, alphabet and pronunciation |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/jaqaru.htm}}

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Keres{{Cite book |last=Lachler |first=Jordan |title=Grammar of Laguna Keres |publisher=University of New Mexico Dissertation |year=2005 |location=Albuquerque}}{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Irvine |title=The Language of Santa Ana Pueblo, Smithsonian Bulletin 191, Anthropological Papers, No. 69 |year=1964}}

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NǁngMats Exter, 2008 [2012], Properties of the Anterior and Posterior Click Closures in Nǀuu, dissertation, University of Cologne

|{{IPA|/cʼaˤe/}}

|cʼaqe

| 'to be finely-sized'

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See also

References

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External links

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Category:Ejectives

Category:Palatal consonants

Category:Oral consonants

Category:Central consonants