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voiceless uvular–epiglottal plosive

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}

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The voiceless uvular-epiglottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is a {{IPAblink|q}} and {{IPAblink|ʡ}} pronounced simultaneously. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{IPA|⟨q͡ʡ⟩}}.

Features

Features of the voiceless uvular-epiglottal plosive are:

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{{Uvular–epiglottal}}

{{voiceless}}

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{{central articulation}}

{{pulmonic}}

Occurrence

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Somali

|qiiq

|[q͡ʡíìq͡ʡ]

|'to emit smoke'

|Allophone of [q]{{cite report |last1=Edmondson |first1=Jerold A. |last2=Esling |first2=John H. |last3=Harris |first3=Jimmy G. |title=Supraglottal cavity shape, linguistic register, and other phonetic features of Somali |url=http://ling.uta.edu/~jerry/somali.pdf |page=5 |access-date=2020-11-21 |archive-date=2012-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315001803/http://ling.uta.edu/~jerry/somali.pdf |url-status=dead}}

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Category:Uvular–epiglottal consonants

Category:Doubly articulated consonants

Category:Pulmonic consonants