The voiceless or more precisely tenuis bilabial click is a

click consonant Click consonants, or clicks, are speech sounds that occur as consonants in many languages of Southern Africa and in three languages of East Africa. Examples familiar to English-speakers are the '' tut-tut'' (British spelling) or '' tsk! tsk!' ...

found in some languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the

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for a tenuis bilabial click with a

velar Velar may refer to: * Velar consonant Velar consonants are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum"). Since the velar region ...

rear articulation is or , commonly abbreviated to , or just . For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are . 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 tenuis bilabial click:

Occurrence

Tenuis bilabial clicks are only known to occur in the Tuu and Kx'a families of southern

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Notes

{{IPA navigation Bilabial consonants Click consonants Oral consonants Tenuis consonants