Voiced retroflex click, the Glossary
The voiced retroflex click is a rare click consonant.[1]
Table of Contents
8 relations: Central ǃKung, Clement Martyn Doke, Click consonant, Click letter, International Phonetic Alphabet, Retroflex click, Uvular consonant, Velar consonant.
- Retroflex consonants
Central ǃKung
Central ǃKung (Central ǃXun), or Central Ju, is a language of the ǃKung dialect cluster, spoken in a small area of northern Namibia: Neitsas, in Grootfontein district, and Gaub, in Tsumeb district.
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Clement Martyn Doke
Clement Martyn Doke (16 May 1893 in Bristol, United Kingdom – 24 February 1980 in East London, South Africa) was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages.
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Click consonant
Click consonants, or clicks, are speech sounds that occur as consonants in many languages of Southern Africa and in three languages of East Africa.
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Click letter
Nama man giving a literacy lesson in Khoekhoegowab that includes click letters Various letters have been used to write the click consonants of southern Africa.
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International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script.
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Retroflex click
The retroflex clicks are a family of click consonants known only from the Central ǃKung language or dialect of Namibia. Voiced retroflex click and retroflex click are retroflex consonants.
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Uvular consonant
Uvulars are consonants articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the uvula, that is, further back in the mouth than velar consonants.
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Velar consonant
Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").
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See also
Retroflex consonants
- Retroflex click
- Retroflex consonant
- Retroflex ejective affricate
- Retroflex ejective stop
- Retroflex fricative
- Retroflex stop
- Subapical consonant
- Tenuis retroflex click
- Voiced retroflex affricate
- Voiced retroflex approximant
- Voiced retroflex click
- Voiced retroflex flap
- Voiced retroflex fricative
- Voiced retroflex implosive
- Voiced retroflex lateral affricate
- Voiced retroflex lateral approximant
- Voiced retroflex lateral flap
- Voiced retroflex lateral fricative
- Voiced retroflex nasal
- Voiced retroflex plosive
- Voiced retroflex trill
- Voiceless retroflex flap
- Voiceless retroflex fricative
- Voiceless retroflex implosive
- Voiceless retroflex lateral affricate
- Voiceless retroflex lateral flap
- Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative
- Voiceless retroflex nasal
- Voiceless retroflex plosive
- Voiceless retroflex trill