Velar ejective fricative
The velar ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨xʼ⟩.
| Velar ejective fricative | |
|---|---|
| xʼ | |
| Encoding | |
| X-SAMPA | x_> |
| Audio sample | |
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Features
Features of the velar ejective fricative:
- Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
- Its place of articulation is velar, which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) at the soft palate.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tlingit | xʼáaxʼ |  [xʼáːxʼ] | 'apple' | |
| Chiwere | x^aⁿ | [xʼã] | 'life' | |
| Winnebago | x'ooke | [xʼoːkɛ] | 'parents |
See also
External links
- List of languages with [xʼ] on PHOIBLE
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