Velar stop

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). The most common sounds are the stops [k] and [ɡ], as in English cut and gut. More generally, several kinds are distinguished:

• [k], voiceless velar plosive
• [ɡ], voiced velar plosive
• [ŋ], voiced velar nasal
• [ŋ̊], voiceless velar nasal
• [kʼ],
  velar ejective
• [ɠ ], voiced velar implosive (rare)
• [ɠ̊ ] or [kʼ↓],
  glug-glug
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