voiced bilabial click
{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
{{Infobox IPA
|above={{nowrap|Voiced bilabial velar click}}
|ipa symbol=ɡ͡ʘ
|ipa symbol2=ᶢʘ
|ipa symbol3=ʘ̬ ʘ᪶
}}
{{Infobox IPA
|above={{nowrap|Voiced bilabial uvular click}}
|ipa symbol=ɢ͡ʘ
|ipa symbol2=𐞒ʘ
}}
{{main|Bilabial clicks}}
The voiced bilabial click is a click consonant found in some of the languages of southern Africa.
The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a voiced bilabial click with a velar rear articulation is {{angbr IPA|ɡ͡ʘ}} or {{angbr IPA|ɡ͜ʘ}}, commonly abbreviated to {{angbr IPA|ɡʘ}}, {{angbr IPA|ᶢʘ}} or {{angbr IPA|ʘ̬}}. For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are {{angbr IPA|ɢ͡ʘ, ɢ͜ʘ, ɢʘ, 𐞒ʘ}}.
Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. {{angbr IPA|ʘɡ}} or {{angbr IPA|ʘᶢ}}; 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}}
Features
Features of the voiced bilabial click:
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Occurrence
Voiced bilabial clicks only occur in the Tuu and Kx'a families of southern Africa.{{Cite thesis |title=Properties of the Anterior and Posterior Click Closures in N{{!}}uu |url=http://www.uni-koeln.de/ |publisher=Universität zu Köln |date=2008-11-19 |degree=text.thesis.doctoral |language=de |first=Mats |last=Exter}} These sounds are extremely rare and many non-native speakers find it difficult to pronounce. Thus, these sounds are sometimes transliterated as a "g" and a "G" and are pronounced as Velar and Uvular Plosives.
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