The voiced uvular implosive is an extremely rare type of
consonant
In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract, except for the h sound, which is pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract. Examples are and pronou ...
al sound. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound is , a small capital letter
G with a rightward pointing hook extending from the upper right of the letter.
Features
Here are the features of the voiced uvular implosive:
Occurrence
See also
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List of phonetics topics
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* Acoustic phonetics
* Active articulator
* Affricate
* Airstream mechanism
* Alexander John Ellis
* Alexander Melville Bell
* Alfred C. Gimson
* Allophone
* Alveolar approximant ()
* Alveolar click ()
* Alveolar consonant
* Alveolar e ...
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Voiceless uvular implosive
The voiceless uvular implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is or . A dedicated IPA letter, , was withdrawn in 1993.
Features
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Notes
References
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Uvular consonants
Implosives
Central consonants
Voiced oral consonants