Tenuis palatal click

(Tenuis) palatal click
ǂ
⨎
IPA number	179
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	ǂ
Unicode (hex)	U+01C2
Kirshenbaum	c!
Braille

Main article: Palatal click

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 ⟨⨎⟩ (double-barred esh).

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↑ Kirshembaum assigns ⟨c!⟩ indifferently to both palatal and alveolar clicks.

IPA: Non-pulmonic consonants [edit]

		Bilabial		Labiodental	Dental		Alveolar		Postalveolar	Retroflex		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Epiglottal	Glottal
Ejectives	Stop	pʼ					tʼ			ʈʼ		cʼ		kʼ		qʼ		ʡʼ
	Affricate				t̪θʼ		tsʼ		t̠ʃʼ	ʈʂʼ				kxʼ		qχʼ
	Fricative	ɸʼ		fʼ	θʼ		sʼ		ʃʼ	ʂʼ		ɕʼ		xʼ		χʼ
	Lateral affricate						tɬʼ					cʎ̝̊ʼ		kʟ̝̊ʼ
	Lateral fricative						ɬʼ
Clicks	Tenuis/Voiced	ʘ	ʘ̬		ǀ	ǀ̬	ǃ	ǃ̬		ǃ˞	ǃ̬˞	ǂ	ǂ̬	ʞ					◌ˀ
	Nasal		ʘ̃			ǀ̃		ǃ̃			ǃ̃˞		ǂ̃							◌̃ˀ
	Lateral						ǁ	ǁ̬
	Lateral nasal							ǁ̃
Implosive		ɓ̥	ɓ				ɗ̥	ɗ		ᶑ̥	ᶑ	ʄ̊	ʄ	ɠ̊	ɠ	ʛ̥	ʛ

Symbols to the right in a cell are voiced, to the left are voiceless. Shaded areas denote articulations judged to be impossible.

[1] Kirshembaum assigns ⟨c!⟩ indifferently to both palatal and alveolar clicks.

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