A voiceless velar implosive is a rare

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al sound, used in some oral languages. The symbol in the

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that represents this sound is or . A dedicated IPA letter, , was withdrawn in 1993.

Features

Features of the voiceless velar implosive:

Occurrence

A phonemic has not been confirmed for any language. It has been claimed for

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, but it is more likely to be creaky-voiced , as in

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. Some English speakers use a voiceless velar implosive to imitate the "

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" sound of liquid being poured from a bottle, though others use a voiced implosive .Pike, ''Phonetics,'' 1943:40

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* {{IPA navigation Velar consonants Implosives Voiceless oral consonants