Tenuis palatal click
| (Tenuis) palatal click | |
|---|---|
| ǂ | |
| ʄ̵ | |
| IPA number | 179 |
| Encoding | |
| Entity (decimal) | ǂ |
| Unicode (hex) | U+01C2 |
| Kirshenbaum | c! |
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The voiceless or more precisely tenuis palatal click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ǂ⟩ (double-barred pipe). A stylistic variant sometimes seen is ⟨ ʄ̵ ⟩ (double-barred esh).
Features of the tenuis palatal click:
Tenuis palatal clicks are only found in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in the neighboring Yeyi language.
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