Palatal ejective stop

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 Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Hausa 'grass' The three-way contrast between palatals , plain velars , and labialized velars is found only before long and short . Jaqaru Keres Nuxalk 'to see' Cognate with // in other Salishan languages. NǁngMats Exter, 2008 , Properties of the Anterior and Posterior Click Closures in Nǀuu, dissertation, University of Cologne 'to be finely-sized'

See also List of phonetics topics

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