The voiceless or more precisely tenuis lateral 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 . The

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written the size of a full letter.

Features

Features of the tenuis lateral click:

Occurrence

Tenuis lateral clicks are found primarily in the various

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References

{{IPA navigation Click consonants Lateral consonants Oral consonants Tenuis consonants