voiceless palatal implosive
{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
{{Infobox IPA
|above = Voiceless palatal implosive
|ipa symbol = ʄ̊
|ipa symbol2 = ƈ
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The voiceless palatal 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| ʄ̊ }} or {{angbr IPA|cʼ↓}}. A dedicated IPA letter, {{angbr IPA|ƈ}}, was withdrawn in 1993.
Features
Features of the voiceless palatal implosive:
{{plosive}}
{{palatal}}
{{voiceless short}}
{{oral}}
{{central articulation}}
{{voiceless implosive}}
Occurrence
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!colspan=2|Language !Word !IPA !Meaning !Notes |
| colspan=2|Lendu{{Cite web |title=Phoible 2.0 - |url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/762}}
|ledyø |{{IPA|[lɛʄ̥ø]}} |{{definition needed|date=October 2024}} | |
| colspan=2|Ngiti
|{{lang|niy|kátdyɛ̀kɛ̀}} |{{IPA|[káʄ̥ɛ̀kɛ̀]}} |'sorghum' | Contrasts voiced implosive {{IPA|/ʄ/}}, and voiceless, voiced, and prenasalised plosives {{IPA|/c/}}, {{IPA|/ɟ/}}, {{IPA|/ᶮɟ/}}.{{cite thesis |last=Kutsch Lojenga |first=Constance |year=1994 |title=Ngiti: a Central-Sudanic language of Zaire |type=PhD |location=Köln |publisher=Rüdiger Köppe Verlag}}{{Cite web|url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/1470|title = Phoible 2.0 -}} |
| colspan=2|Serer{{Harvcoltxt|Mc Laughlin|2005|p=203}}
|colspan=3|{{example needed|date=October 2020}} |Written as {{angbr|ࢢ}} in the Arabic script and as {{angbr|ƈ}} in Latin script. Contrasts /ɓ̥, ɗ̥, ʄ̊, ɓ, ɗ, ʄ/. |
See also
References
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External links
- {{phoible|ʄ̥}}
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