Its manner of articulation is affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
velar, ejective, affricate, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Velar ejective affricate news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The velar ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is kxʼ kxʼ is a common realization of a velar ejective often transcribed kʼ and it is rare for a language to distinguish kʼ and kxʼ though several of the Nguni languages do so 1 as well as the Northeast Caucasian language Karata Tukita Velar ejective affricatekxʼAudio sample source source source help Contents 1 Features 2 Occurrence 3 See also 4 Notes 5 External linksFeatures editFeatures of the velar ejective affricate Its manner of articulation is affricate which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation causing turbulence Its place of articulation is velar which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue the dorsum at the soft palate Its phonation is voiceless which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords 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 ejective glottalic egressive which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward Occurrence editLanguage Word IPA MeaningHadza dlaggwa cʎ ʼakxʷ a to cradle Haida ttsanskkaagid tsʼanskxʼaːkit beams Karata Tukita example needed Xhosa krola kxʼola inscribe See also editList of phonetic topics k ʼNotes edit The ejective articulation of the Nguni consonants is however quite light External links editList of languages with kxʼ on PHOIBLE Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Velar ejective affricate amp oldid 1131361885, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
