Editing Bilabial click (section)

{{short description|Consonantal sound}}
{{Infobox IPA
| above = {{nowrap|Tenuis labial click}}<br /><small>(velar)</small>
| ipa symbol = k͜ʘ &nbsp; k͡ɋ
| ipa symbol2 = ᵏʘ &nbsp; ᵏɋ
| ipa symbol3 = ʘ &nbsp; ɋ
| ipa number = 176
| decimal = 664
| imagefile = IPA Unicode 0x0298.svg
| imagesize = 150px
| x-sampa = O\
| braille = and
| braille2 = p
}}
{{Infobox IPA
| above = Voiced labial click<br /><small>(velar)</small>
| ipa symbol = ɡ͡ʘ &nbsp; ɡ͡ɋ
| ipa symbol2 = ᶢʘ &nbsp; ᶢɋ
| ipa symbol3 = ᵇʘ
| x-sampa = O\_t
}}
{{Infobox IPA
|above=Nasal labial click<br /><small>(velar)</small>
|ipa symbol = ŋ͡ʘ &nbsp; ŋ͡ɋ
|ipa symbol2 = ᵑʘ &nbsp; ᵑɋ
|ipa symbol3 = ᵐʘ
|x-sampa=O\_~
}}
{{Infobox IPA
|above={{nowrap|Tenuis labial click}}<br /><small>(uvular)</small>
|ipa symbol = q͡ʘ &nbsp; q͡ɋ
|ipa symbol2 = 𐞥ʘ &nbsp; 𐞥ɋ
}}
{{Infobox IPA
|above=Voiced labial click<br /><small>(uvular)</small>
|ipa symbol = ɢ͡ʘ &nbsp; ɢ͡ɋ
|ipa symbol2 = 𐞒ʘ &nbsp; 𐞒ɋ
}}
{{Infobox IPA
|above=Nasal labial click<br /><small>(uvular)</small>
|ipa symbol = ɴ͡ʘ &nbsp; ɴ͡ɋ
|ipa symbol2 = ᶰʘ &nbsp; ᶰɋ
}}

The '''bilabial clicks''' are a family of [[click consonant]]s that sound like a smack of the lips. They are found as [[phoneme]]s only in the small [[Tuu languages|Tuu language family]] (currently two languages, one down to its last speaker), in the [[ǂ’Amkoe language]] of [[Botswana]] (also moribund), and in the extinct [[Damin]] ritual jargon of [[Australia]]. However, bilabial clicks are found paralinguistically for a kiss in various languages, including integrated into a greeting in the [[Hadza language]] of [[Tanzania]], and as allophones of [[labial–velar consonant|labial–velar stops]] in some West African languages (Ladefoged 1968), as of /mw/ in some of the languages neighboring Shona, such as [[Ndau language|Ndau]] and [[Tonga language (Zambia)|Tonga]].

The symbol in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] that represents the [[place of articulation]] of these sounds is {{angbr IPA|ʘ}}. This may be combined with a second letter to indicate the [[manner of articulation]], though this is commonly omitted for [[tenuis consonant|tenuis]] clicks. An uncommon para-IPA letter for bilabial clicks is a turned ''b'' with hook, {{angbr IPA|ɋ&thinsp;}}.<ref>E.g. in Larry Mattes & Donald Omark (1984) Speech and language assessment for the bilingual handicapped. College-Hill Press, San Diego, p. 132.</ref>
[[File:Bilabial click.ogg|thumb|[[Tenuis bilabial click]] in the [[Air stream|airstream]] on the [[Ejective consonant|ejective]] [[Click consonant|click]] of the [[Lip|lips]].]]