A voiceless uvular 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
Occurrence A voiceless uvular implosive has been claimed for several Mayan languages and for Yaaku.
Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Kaqchikel 'watch, clock' In word final position, is in free variation with ; elsewhere only appears. See Kaqchikel language. Mam 'dough' Uspantek 'his/her hand' is in free variation with in all positions. Yaaku 'to kill'
See also List of phonetics topics Voiced uvular implosive
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