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==Occurrence== [[English language|English]] does not have an alveolar click (or any other click consonant) as a phoneme, but a plain alveolar click does occur in [[linguistic mimesis|mimesis]], as a sound children use to imitate a horse trotting.<ref>Tucker ''et al.'' (1977), ''The East-African Click Languages: A Phonetic Comparison''</ref> {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2| Language !! Word !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] !! Meaning !! Notes |- |colspan=2| [[!Kung language|!Kung]] | '''''nǃ'''an'' |align=center| {{IPA|[ᵑǃáŋ] {{=}} [ʗ̃áŋ]}} | 'inside' | |- |colspan=2 rowspan=4| [[Hadza language|Hadza]] | {{lang|hts|la'''q'''o}} |align=center| {{IPA|[laᵏǃo] {{=}} [laʗ̊o]}} | 'to trip' | |- | {{lang|hts|ke'''qh'''ena}} |align=center| {{IPA|[keᵏǃʰena] {{=}} [keʗ̊ʰena]}} | 'to be slow' | |- | {{lang|hts|he'''nq'''ee}} |align=center| {{IPA|[ɦeᵑǃeʔe] {{=}} [ɦeʗ̃eʔe]}} | 'dead leopard' | |- | {{lang|hts|te'''qq'''e}} |align=center| {{IPA|[teᵑǃˀe] {{=}} [teʗ̃ˀe]}} | 'to carry' | |- |colspan=2| [[Sandawe language|Sandawe]] | {{lang|sad|'''gq'''okomi}} |align=center| {{IPA|[ᶢǃokomi] {{=}} [ʗ̬okomi]}} | 'greater kudu' | may have a [[#Percussive alveolar clicks|slapped release]]: {{IPA|[ǃ̬͡¡okomi] {{=}} [ʗ̬͡¡okomi]}} |- |colspan=2| [[Sotho language|Sotho]] | {{lang|st|ho '''q'''o'''q'''a}} |align=center| {{IPA|[hoᵏǃɔᵏǃɑ] {{=}} [hoʗ̊ɔʗ̊ɑ]}} | 'to chat/converse' | Contrasts with [[Breathy voice|murmured]], [[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]], and [[alveolar nasal click]]s. See [[Sotho phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] | {{lang|xh|i'''q'''anda}} |align=center| {{IPA|[iᵏǃanda] {{=}} [iʗ̊anda]}} | 'egg' | Contrasts with [[Breathy voice|murmured]], [[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]], and [[alveolar nasal click]]s |- |colspan=2| [[Taa language|ǃXóõ]] | {{lang|nmn-Latn|'''ǃ'''qhàà}} |align=center| {{IPA|[ǃ͡qʰɑ̀ː] {{=}} [ʗ͡qʰɑ̀ː]}} | 'water' | An aspirated [[Pulmonic-contour clicks|linguo-pulmonic]] stop |- |colspan=2| [[Zulu language|Zulu]] | {{lang|zu|i'''q'''a'''q'''a}} |align=center| {{IPA|[iːᵏǃáːᵏǃa]}} {{=}} {{IPA|[iːʗ̊áːʗ̊a]}} | 'polecat' | Contrasts with [[breathy voice|murmured]], [[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]], and [[alveolar nasal click]]s. |}
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