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 (double-barred pipe). A stylistic variant sometimes seen is (approx. , a double-barred esh).

Features

Features of the tenuis palatal click:

Occurrence

Tenuis palatal clicks are only found in the various

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References

{{IPA navigation Click consonants Palatal consonants Oral consonants Central consonants Tenuis consonants