Voiced uvular implosive
| Voiced uvular implosive | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ʛ | |||
| IPA Number | 168 | ||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | ʛ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+029B | ||
| X-SAMPA | G\_< | ||
| Braille |    | ||
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| Audio sample | |||
The voiced uvular implosive is an extremely rare type of consonantal sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʛ⟩, a small capital letter G with a rightward pointing hook extending from the upper right of the letter.
Features
- Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also oral, with no nasal outlet, the airflow is blocked entirely, and the consonant is a plosive.
Also
- Its place of articulation is uvular, which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) at the uvula.
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is implosive (glottalic ingressive), which means it is produced by pulling air in by pumping the glottis downward. Since it is voiced, the glottis is not completely closed, but allows a pulmonic airstream to escape through it.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mam[1] | q'a | [ʛa] | 'fire' | ||
| Ixil | q'ij | [ʛɪ̆χ] | 'sun' | [2] | |
See also
- List of phonetics topics
- Voiceless uvular implosive
Notes
- ^ England (1983).
- ^ Website=http://www.native-languages.org/ixil_words.htm, "Ixil Word Set." Edited 2015.
References
- England, Nora C. (1983), A Grammar of Mam, a Mayan Language, University of Texas Press, ISBN 9780292762473
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