Voiceless velar lateral affricate
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The voiceless velar lateral affricate is a relatively uncommon speech sound found as a phoneme in the
extIPA
: ⟨k͜𝼄⟩.
affricates.[1]
Zulu and Xhosa have a voiceless lateral affricate as an allophone of their voiceless velar affricate. Hadza has an ejective velar lateral affricate as an allophone of its velar ejective affricate. Indeed, in Hadza this [k͜𝼄ʼ] contrasts with a palatal lateral ejective affricate, [c͜𝼆ʼ]. ǁXegwi is reported to have contrasted velar /k͜𝼄/ from alveolar /t͜ɬ/.
Features
Features of the voiceless velar lateral 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. 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 lateral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle.
- The intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
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Archi[1] | лӀон/ƛon | [k͜𝼄on] | 'a flock' | Pre-velar.[1] |
Bezhta | [ example needed ]
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References
- ^ voiceless alveolar lateral fricativefor the fricative part of this sound (⟨k͡ɬ⟩), but also indicates the sound to be prevelar.