Voiceless velar plosive
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A voiceless velar plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in almost all spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA.
A Template:IPA sound is a very common sound cross-linguistically. Most languages have at least a plain Template:IPA, and some distinguish more than one variety. Many languages also have a two-way contrast between aspirated and plain Template:IPA. Only a few languages lack a voiceless velar plosive, e.g. Tahitian and Mongolian.
Some languages have a voiceless pre-velar plosive,<ref>Instead of "pre-velar", it can be called "advanced velar", "fronted velar", "front-velar", "palato-velar", "post-palatal", "retracted palatal" or "backed palatal".</ref> which is articulated slightly more front compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical velar plosive, though not as front as the prototypical palatal plosive.
Conversely, some languages have a voiceless post-velar plosive,<ref>Instead of "post-velar", it can be called "retracted velar", "backed velar", "pre-uvular", "advanced uvular" or "fronted uvular".</ref> which is articulated slightly behind the place of articulation of the prototypical velar plosive, though not as back as the prototypical uvular plosive.
Features
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Features of a voiceless velar stop:
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