Voiced velar implosive

Voiced velar implosive
ɠ
IPA number 166
Encoding
Entity (decimal) ɠ
Unicode (hex) U+0260
X-SAMPA g_<
Kirshenbaum g`
Braille ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
Sound
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The voiced velar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɠ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is g_<.

Features

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Af Maay qalang [ɠalaŋ] 'pen' Corresponds to /q/ in Standard Somali
Ega[1] [ɠà] 'count'
Fula[2]
Jamaican[3] good [ɠuːd] 'good' Allophone of /ɡ/ in the onset of prominent syllables
Sindhi ڳَئُون aun  [ɠəuːn]  'cow'
Tera[4] qaandi [ɠaːndi] '(a greeting)'
Zulu ukuza [uˈɠuːza] 'to come' Allophone of /k/

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