Palatal ejective stop
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| Palatal ejective stop | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| cʼ | |||
| IPA number | 107 + 401 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | cʼ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0063 U+02BC | ||
| X-SAMPA | c_> | ||
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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 ⟨cʼ⟩.
Features
[edit]Some of the features of a 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, it 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 that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
- It is a median consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream down the midline 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] | [orthography needed] | [cʼaːɽa] | 'grass' | The three-way contrast between palatals /c ɟ cʼ/, plain velars /k ɡ kʼ/, and labialized velars /kʷ ɡʷ kʷʼ/ is found only before long and short /a/. |
| Jaqaru[2] | [example needed] | |||
| Keres[3][4] | [example needed] | |||
| Nuxalk[5] | kʼc | [cʼç] | 'to see' | Cognate with /t͡ʃʼ/ in other Salishan languages. |
| Nǁng[6] | cʼaqe | /cʼaˤe/ | '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.
- ↑ Nater, Hank (2026-03-12). All-Obstruent Words in Bella Coola: Phonotactics, Diachrony, Geography.
- ↑ Mats Exter, 2008 [2012], Properties of the Anterior and Posterior Click Closures in Nǀuu, dissertation, University of Cologne
