Voiced velar implosive
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A voiced velar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA. It is familiar to English speakers as the sound made when mimicking the 'gulping' of water.
Features
Template:Plosive Template:Velar Template:Voiced Template:Oral Template:Central articulation Template:Implosive
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Af Maay | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'pen' | Corresponds to /q/ in Standard Somali |
| Ega<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:IPA | 'count' | ||
| Fula<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Example needed | |||
| Hindi<ref>Template:Citation</ref> | Template:Lang/Template:Transliteration | Template:IPA | 'cow' (transliteration of Sindhi Template:Lang) | Used to transcribe implosives from Sindhi, Saraiki, Marwari and other languages. |
| Jamaican Patois<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'good' | Allophone of Template:IPA in the onset of prominent syllables |
| Sindhi | Template:Lang/Template:Transliteration | Template:Audio-IPA | 'cow' | |
| Tera<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'hello' | |
| Zulu | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'to come' | Allophone of Template:IPA |