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Palatal click

The palatal or palato-alveolar clicks are a family of click consonants found, as components of words, only in southern Africa. The tongue is nearly flat, and is pulled back rather than down as in the postalveolar clicks, making a sharper sound than those consonants. ('Sharper' meaning that the energy is concentrated at higher frequencies.) The tongue…

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Features

Alveolar ridgeOralNasalMedian consonantsAirstream mechanism
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Palatal click consonants and their transcription

GutturalKhoekhoeeBushmanJuǀʼhoansiNaro
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Occurrence

Khoisan languagesKhoeKxʼaTuuYeyi
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Fricated palatal clicks

Ekoka ǃKungRetroflex clicksDomed tongueAlveolar clicksAffricates
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Entity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(decimal)
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Image
Image
IPA number
179
Unicode (hex)
U+01C2
X-SAMPA
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Palatal click consonants and their transcription

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Occurrence

Fricated palatal clicks

Percussive release

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Palatal click

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples34
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Palatal click

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related to Palatal click consonants and their transcription · 12
Palatal click → Bushman, Common, Doke, Either, In, IPA, Juǀʼhoansi, Khoekhoee, Latin, Many, Naro, Orthographies
related to Occurrence · 7
Palatal click → African Khoisan, Bantu, Khoe, Kxʼa, Palatal, Tuu, Yeyi
related to Fricated palatal clicks · 6
Palatal click → Another, Ekoka, Like, The, These, Unlike
related to Percussive release · 2
Palatal click → Clement Doke, Sandawe
Braille · 1
Palatal click → .mw-parser-output .brai_img img{background:#f8f9fa!important;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .brai_img_transparent img{background:transparent!important;color:inherit}
Entity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(decimal) · 1
Palatal click → ǂ
Image · 1
Palatal click → Image
IPA number · 1
Palatal click → 179
Unicode (hex) · 1
Palatal click → U+01C2
X-SAMPA · 1
Palatal click → =\

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clicks palatal click release tongue letter articulation nasal consonants may sound alveolar rather bar either place languages flat mouth described

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Palatal clickBraille.mw-parser-output .brai_img img{background:#f8f9fa!important;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .brai_img_transparent img{background:transparent!important;color:inherit}1.00infobox
Palatal clickEntity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(decimal)ǂ1.00infobox
Palatal clickImageImage1.00infobox
Palatal clickIPA number1791.00infobox
Palatal clickUnicode (hex)U+01C21.00infobox
Palatal clickX-SAMPA=\1.00infobox
Yeyiinstance ofand in Bantu languages0.80text
Palatal clickrelated to Fricated palatal clicksEkoka0.60section
Palatal clickrelated to Fricated palatal clicksThese0.60section
Palatal clickrelated to Fricated palatal clicksUnlike0.60section
Palatal clickrelated to Fricated palatal clicksThe0.60section
Palatal clickrelated to Fricated palatal clicksLike0.60section

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