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Voiced retroflex click, the Glossary

Index Voiced retroflex click

The voiced retroflex click is a rare click consonant.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 8 relations: Central ǃKung, Clement Martyn Doke, Click consonant, Click letter, International Phonetic Alphabet, Retroflex click, Uvular consonant, Velar consonant.

  2. 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

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_retroflex_click