The voiceless velar affricate is a type of
consonant
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al sound, used in some
spoken language
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s. The symbols in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound are and , and the equivalent
X-SAMPA
The Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) is a variant of SAMPA developed in 1995 by John C. Wells, professor of phonetics at University College London. It is designed to unify the individual language SAMPA alphabets, and ...
symbol is
k_x. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding in the IPA and
kx in X-SAMPA.
Some languages have the voiceless pre-velar affricate, which is articulated slightly more front compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical voiceless velar affricate, though not as front as the prototypical
voiceless palatal affricate
The voiceless palatal affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are and , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is c_C. The tie bar may be o ...
- see that article for more information.
Conversely, some languages have the voiceless post-velar affricate,
[Instead of "post-velar", it can be called "retracted velar", "backed velar", "pre-uvular", "advanced uvular" or "fronted uvular".] which is articulated slightly behind the place of articulation of the prototypical voiceless velar affricate, though not as back as the prototypical
voiceless uvular affricate - see that article for more information.
Features
Features of the voiceless velar affricate:
Occurrence
See also
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Index of phonetics articles
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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
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