Voiced retroflex click

Voiced retroflex click
ǃ̬˞
ᶢǃ˞
‼̬
ᶢ‼
Encoding
Kirshenbaum d.!
Main article: Retroflex clicks

The voiced retroflex click is a click consonant is a rare click consonant. There is no symbol for it in the International Phonetic Alphabet, but one can be derived with a diacritic, ǃ̬˞ or ᶢǃ˞. The Beach convention is ᶢ‼, and this use used in practical orthography.

Features

Features of the voiced retroflex click:

Occurrence

The voiced retroflex click is only confirmed from a single language, Central !Kung.

Language Word IPA Meaning
Central !Kung g‼ú [ᶢǃ˞ ú] = [‼̬ ú] 'water'

Notes

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