A voiceless palatal implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is or theoretically . A dedicated IPA letter, , was retired in 1993.
Features Features of a voiceless palatal implosive:
Occurrence LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotesLenduledyøNgiti'sorghum' Contrasts voiced implosive , and voiceless, voiced, and prenasalised plosives , , .Serer'residue after grinding grain'Written as in the Arabic script and as in Latin script. Contrasts /ɓ̥, ɗ̥, ʄ̊, ɓ, ɗ, ʄ/.
See also Voiced palatal implosive
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