A voiceless velar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound are and . The tie bar may be omitted, yielding .
Some languages have a voiceless pre-velar or post-palatal affricate, which is articulated slightly more front compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical voiceless velar affricate, though not as front as the prototypical voiceless palatal affricate – see for more information.
Conversely, some languages have a voiceless post-velar affricate,Instead of "post-velar", it can be called "retracted velar", "backed velar", "pre-uvular", "advanced uvular" or "fronted uvular". which is articulated slightly behind the place of articulation of the prototypical voiceless velar affricate, though not as back as the prototypical voiceless uvular affricate – see for more information.
Features Features of a voiceless velar affricate:
Occurrence
Language Word IPA Meaning NotesCimbrian Luserna dialect 'cheese' Sette Comuni dialect 'to come' Dutch Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect 'plate' Optional pre-pausal allophone of . Modern Greek Ancient Greek borrowings '(blood) sugar' English Broad Cockney cab 'cab' Possible word-initial, intervocalic and word-final allophone of . See English phonology New Zealand Word-initial allophone of . See English phonology North Wales Word-initial and word-final allophone of ; in free variation with a strongly aspirated stop . See English phonology Received Pronunciation Occasional allophone of . See English phonology Scouse Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of . See English phonology German Standard Austrian 'bucket' Possible realization of before front vowels. See Standard German phonology Bavarian dialects of Tyrol 'child' Swiss dialects and Alemannic of southern Baden-Württemberg 'bag' May be actually uvular in some dialects. Korean () 'big' Allophone of before . See Korean phonology Lakota 'Lakota' Allophone of before , , , , and . Navajo [k͡xõʔ˩]'fire' Allophone of before the back vowels . See Navajo phonologySlovene'Sikh'Very rare, occurring only in loanwords. See Slovene phonologyXhosaRepresented by <krh>. Contrasts /kʼ, kʰ, ɡ̊ʱ, kxʼ, kxʰ, x, ɣ̈/. See Xhosa phonology. !Xóõ [ǁ͡kxʼâã] 'grass' Used in pulmonic-contour clicks.
See also Index of phonetics articles
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