Palatal ejective stop
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Consonantal sound
| Palatal ejective stop | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| cʼ | |||
| IPA number | 107 + 401 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | cʼ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0063 U+02BC | ||
| X-SAMPA | c_> | ||
| |||
The 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 ⟨cʼ⟩.
Also the symbol ⟨t͡ʃʼ⟩ represents a palatal ejective affricate, which combines the sounds of a palatal stop [t͡ʃ] and an ejective release [ʼ].
Features
[edit ]Some of the features of the palatal ejective stop are:
- Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also oral, with no nasal outlet, the airflow is blocked entirely, and the consonant is a plosive.
- Its place of articulation is palatal, which means it is articulated with the middle or back part of the tongue raised to the hard 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.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.
Occurrence
[edit ]| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hausa [1] | [cʼaːɽa] | 'grass' | The three-way contrast between palatals /cɟcʼ/, plain velars /kɡkʼ/, and labialized velars /kwɡwkwʼ/ is found only before long and short /a/. | |
| Jaqaru [2] | [example needed ] | |||
| Keres [3] [4] | [example needed ] | |||
| Nǁng [5] | /cʼaʕe/ | cʼaqe | 'to be finely-sized' | |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Newman, Paul (1996). "Hausa Phonology". In Kaye, Alan S.; Daniels, Peter T. (eds.). Phonologies of Asia and Africa (PDF). Eisenbrauns. pp. 537–552.
- ^ "Jaqaru language, alphabet and pronunciation".
- ^ Lachler, Jordan (2005). Grammar of Laguna Keres. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Dissertation.
- ^ Davis, Irvine (1964). The Language of Santa Ana Pueblo, Smithsonian Bulletin 191, Anthropological Papers, No. 69.
- ^ Mats Exter, 2008 [2012], Properties of the Anterior and Posterior Click Closures in Nǀuu, dissertation, University of Cologne