Voiceless uvular affricate
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The voiceless uvular affricate is a type of
spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨q͡χ⟩ and ⟨q͜χ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA
symbol is q_X. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨qχ⟩ in the IPA and qX in X-SAMPA.
There is also the voiceless pre-uvular affricate[1] in some languages, which is articulated slightly more front compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical voiceless uvular affricate, though not as front as the prototypical voiceless velar affricate. The International Phonetic Alphabet does not have a separate symbol for that sound, though it can be transcribed as ⟨q̟͡χ̟⟩ or ⟨q͡χ˖⟩ (both symbols denote an advanced ⟨q͡χ⟩) or ⟨k̠͡x̠⟩ (retracted ⟨k͡x⟩). The equivalent X-SAMPA symbols are q_+_X_+ and k_-_x_-, respectively.
Features
Features of the voiceless uvular 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 uvula.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
- 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 intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
Uvular
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Alemannic |
Most Highest Alemannic dialects |
Gschänk | [ˈkʃæɴq͡χ] | 'present' | Velar [k͡x] in other dialects. |
| Adyghe | Natukhai |
кхъэ | ⓘ | 'grave' | Dialectal. Corresponds to [qʰ] in other dialects. |
| Avar | хъарахъ | ⓘ | 'bush' | Contrasts with the ejective [q͡χʼː]. | |
| English | Scouse[2] | clock | [kl̥ɒq͡χ] | 'clock' | Possible word-final realization of /k/.[2] |
| Kabardian | кхъэ | ⓘ | 'grave' | ||
| Persian | Some dialects | ﻗﻔل |
[q͡χofl] | 'lock' | Fortition of word-initial /q/. |
Pre-uvular
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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| Uzbek[3] | quruq | [q̟uɾ̪uq̟͡χ̟] | 'dry' | Allophone of /q/ in word-final and preconsonantal positions.[3] | |
See also
Notes
- ^ Instead of "pre-uvular", it can be called "advanced uvular", "fronted uvular", "post-velar", "retracted velar" or "backed velar". For simplicity, this article uses only the term "pre-uvular".
- ^ a b Wells (1982), pp. 372–373.
- ^ a b Sjoberg (1963), p. 11.
References
- Sjoberg, Andrée F. (1963). Uzbek Structural Grammar. Uralic and Altaic Series. Vol. 18. Bloomington: Indiana University. OCLC 4241028.
- OCLC 419896703.
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