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    Click consonant - Wikipedia

    They are written with the letter c in Zulu and Xhosa. Next most familiar to English speakers are the lateral clicks, which are written with ǁ . They are also squeaky sounds, though less sharp than [ǀ], made by sucking on the molars on either side (or both sides) of the mouth. See more

    Click consonants, or clicks, are speech sounds that occur as consonants in many languages of Southern Africa and in three languages of East Africa. Examples familiar to English-speakers are the tut-tut (British spelling) or See more

    Southern Africa
    Clicks occur in all three Khoisan language families of southern Africa, where they may be the most … See more

    Like other consonants, clicks can be described using four parameters: place of articulation, manner of articulation, phonation (including … See more

    Places of articulation are often called click types, releases, or influxes, though 'release' is also used for the accompaniment/efflux. There are seven or eight known places … See more

    Click consonants occur at six principal places of articulation. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) provides five letters for these places (there is as yet no dedicated symbol for the sixth).
    • The easiest clicks for English speakers are the See more

    Spread of clicks from loanwords
    Once clicks are borrowed into a language as regular speech sounds, they may spread to native … See more

    The five click places of articulation with dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are labial ʘ, dental ǀ, palatal ("palato-alveolar") ǂ, (post)alveolar ("retroflex") … See more

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