voiced velar implosive
{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
{{redirect|Velar implosive|the voiceless consonant|Voiceless velar implosive}}
{{Infobox IPA
|ipa symbol=ɠ
|ipa number=166
|decimal=608
|ipa-image=IPA Unicode 0x0260.svg
|imagesize=150px
|xsampa=g_<
|kirshenbaum=g`
|braille=236
|braille2=g
}}
The voiced velar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|ɠ }}, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is g_<
. It is familiar to English speakers as the sound made when mimicking the 'gulping' of water.
Features
{{plosive}}
{{velar}}
{{voiced}}
{{oral}}
{{central articulation}}
{{implosive}}
Occurrence
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!colspan=2| Language !! Word !! IPA !! Meaning !! Notes | ||||
colspan=2| Af Maay | {{lang|ymm|qalang}} | {{IPA|[ɠalaŋ]}} | 'pen' | Corresponds to /q/ in Standard Somali |
colspan=2| Ega{{Harvcoltxt|Connell|Ahoua|Gibbon|2002|p=100}} | colspan=2 align=center| {{IPA|[ɠà]}} | 'count' | ||
colspan=2| Fula{{Harvcoltxt|Keer|1999|p=82}} | {{example needed|date=December 2018}} | |||
colspan=2| Jamaican Patois{{Harvcoltxt|Devonish|Harry|2004|p=456}} | {{lang|jam|good}} | {{IPA|[ɠuːd]}} | 'good' | Allophone of {{IPA|/ɡ/}} in the onset of prominent syllables |
colspan=2| Sindhi | {{lang|sd|ڳَـئُون}}/{{transl|sd|g̈aun}} | {{Audio-IPA|Sd-ڳَئُون.oga|[ɠəuːn]}} | 'cow' | |
colspan=2| Tera{{Harvcoltxt|Tench|2007|p=228}} | {{lang|ttr|qaandi}} | {{IPA|[ɠaːndi]}} | 'hello' | |
colspan=2| Zulu | {{lang|zu|ukuza}} | {{IPA|[uˈɠuːza]}} | 'to come' | Allophone of {{IPA|/k/}} |
See also
Notes
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References
- {{Cite journal |last=Connell |first=Bruce |last2=Ahoua |first2=Firmin |last3=Gibbon |first3=Dafydd |year=2002 |title=Ega |journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=99–104 |doi=10.1017/S002510030200018X |doi-access=free}}
- {{Cite book |last=Devonish |first=H |title=A Handbook of Varieties of English |last2=Harry |first2=Otelamate G. |publisher=Mouton De Gruyter |year=2004 |isbn=9783110197181 |editor-last=Kortman |editor-first=B. |volume=1: Phonology |location=Berlin |pages=441–471 |chapter=Jamaican phonology |doi=10.1515/9783110197181 |editor-last2=Shneider |editor-first2=E. W.}}
- {{Cite thesis |last=Keer |first=Edward |title=Geminates, The OCP and The Nature of CON |degree=PhD |publisher=Rutgers University |doi=10.7282/T3PZ57MT |doi-access=free |year=1999}}
- {{Cite journal |last=Tench |first=Paul |year=2007 |title=Tera |journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=228–234 |doi=10.1017/s0025100307002952 |doi-access=free}}
External links
- {{phoible|ɠ}}
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