Uvular ejective
| Uvular ejective | |||
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| qʼ | |||
| IPA number | 111 + 401 | ||
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| Entity (decimal) | qʼ |
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| Unicode (hex) | U+0071 U+02BC | ||
| X-SAMPA | q_> |
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| Kirshenbaum | q` |
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The uvular ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨qʼ⟩.
Features of the uvular ejective:
One ejective
A single plain uvular ejective is found in almost all Northeast Caucasian languages, all South Caucasian languages, and some Athabaskan languages, as well as Itelmen, Quechua and Aymara.
Two ejectives
Most Salishan languages, the Tlingit language, and Adyghe and Kabardian (Northwest Caucasian) demonstrate a two-way contrast between labialised and plain uvular ejectives.
The Akhvakh language appears to have a contrast between lax and tense uvular ejectives: [qʼaː] soup, broth (lax) vs. [qːʼama] cock's comb (tense).
Three ejectives
Five ejectives
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