voiced alveolar click

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}

{{Infobox IPA

|above={{nowrap|Voiced alveolar velar click}}

|ipa symbol=ɡ͡ǃ   ɡ͡ʗ

|ipa symbol2=ᶢǃ   ᶢʗ

|ipa symbol3=ǃ̬   ǃ᪶  ʗ̬

}}

{{Infobox IPA

|above={{nowrap|Voiced alveolar uvular click}}

|ipa symbol=ɢ͡ǃ   ɢ͡ʗ

|ipa symbol2=𐞒ǃ   𐞒ʗ

}}

{{main|Alveolar click}}

The voiced (post)alveolar click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a voiced alveolar click with a velar rear articulation is {{angbr IPA|ɡ͡ǃ}} or {{angbr IPA|ɡ͜ǃ}}, commonly abbreviated to {{angbr IPA|ɡǃ}}, {{angbr IPA|ᶢǃ}} or {{angbr IPA|ǃ̬}}; a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is {{angbr IPA|ɡ͡ʗ}} or {{angbr IPA|ɡ͜ʗ}}, abbreviated {{angbr IPA|ɡʗ}}, {{angbr IPA|ᶢʗ}} or {{angbr IPA|ʗ̬}}. For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are {{angbr IPA|ɢ͡ǃ, ɢ͜ǃ, ɢǃ, 𐞒ǃ}} and {{angbr IPA|ɢ͡ʗ, ɢ͜ʗ, ɢʗ, 𐞒ʗ}}.

Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. {{angbr IPA|ǃɡ}} or {{angbr IPA|ǃᶢ}}; this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WD8aAQAAIAAJ |title=Afrika und Übersee |date=2005 |publisher=D. Reimer |pages=93–94 |language=en}}

In languages which use the Bantu letters for clicks, this is most commonly written {{angbr|gq}}, but it is written {{angbr|dq}} in those languages that use {{angbr|g}} for the uvular fricative.