A voiced velar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is . It is familiar to English speakers as the sound made when mimicking the 'gulping' of water.
Features
Occurrence
{| class="wikitable"
! Language !! Word !! IPA !! Meaning !! Notes
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| Af Maay || || || 'pen' || Corresponds to /q/ in Standard Somali
|-
| Ega ||colspan=2 align=center| || 'count' ||
|-
| Fula || || || ||
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| Jamaican Patois|| || || 'good' || Allophone of in the onset of prominent syllables
|-
| Sindhi|| /|| || 'cow' ||
|-
| Tera|| || || 'hello' ||
|-
| Zulu || || || 'to come' || Allophone of
|}
See also
- List of phonetics topics
- Voiceless velar implosive