A palatal ejective is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages, and the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) that represents this sound is .
Features
Some of the features of a palatal ejective stop are:
Occurrence
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! Language
! Word
! IPA
! Meaning
! Notes
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|Hausa
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|'grass'
|The three-way contrast between palatals , plain velars , and labialized velars is found only before long and short .
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| Jaqaru
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| Keres
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| Nǁng
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|cʼaqe
| 'to be finely-sized'
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See also
- List of phonetics topics