Lateral Nasal Click
The lateral nasal click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a nasal lateral click with a velar consonant, velar rear articulation is or , commonly abbreviated to , or ; a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is or , abbreviated , or . For a click with a uvular consonant, uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are and . Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. or ; this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases. Features Features of the lateral nasal click: Occurrence Lateral nasal clicks are found primarily in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in some neighboring Bantu languages. Glottalized lateral nasal click All Khoisan languages, and a few Bantu languages, have glottalized nasal clicks. These are formed by closing ...
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