Editing Voiced velar implosive

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
{{redirect|Velar implosive|the voiceless consonant|Voiceless velar implosive}}
{{Infobox IPA
|ipa symbol=ɠ
|ipa number=166
|decimal=608
|ipa-image=IPA Unicode 0x0260.svg
|imagesize=150px
|xsampa=g_&lt;
|kirshenbaum=g`
|braille=236
|braille2=g
}}
The '''voiced velar implosive''' is a type of [[consonant]]al sound, used in some [[Speech communication|spoken]] [[language]]s. The symbol in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|[[ɠ]]&thinsp;}}, and the equivalent [[X-SAMPA]] symbol is <code>g_&lt;</code>. It is familiar to English speakers as the sound made when mimicking the 'gulping' of water.

==Features==
{{plosive}}
{{velar}}
{{voiced}}
{{oral}}
{{central articulation}}
{{implosive}}

==Occurrence==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2| Language !! Word !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] !! Meaning !! Notes
|-
|colspan=2| [[Maay language|Af Maay]] || {{lang|ymm|'''q'''alang}} || {{IPA|[ɠalaŋ]}} || 'pen' || Corresponds to /q/ in [[Somali language|Standard Somali]]
|-
|colspan=2| [[Ega language|Ega]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Connell|Ahoua|Gibbon|2002|p=100}}</ref> ||colspan=2 align=center| {{IPA|[ɠà]}} || 'count' ||
|-
|colspan=2| [[Fula language|Fula]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Keer|1999|p=82}}</ref> || {{example needed|date=December 2018}} || || ||
|-
|colspan=2| [[Jamaican Patois]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Devonish|Harry|2004|p=456}}</ref> || {{lang|jam|'''g'''ood}} || {{IPA|[ɠuːd]}} || 'good' || Allophone of {{IPA|/ɡ/}} in the onset of prominent syllables
|-
|colspan=2| [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] || {{lang|sd|[[Sindhi alphabet|'''ڳَـ'''ئُون]]}}/{{Transliteration|sd|'''g̈'''aun}} || {{Audio-IPA|Sd-ڳَئُون.oga|[ɠəuːn]}} || 'cow' ||
|-
|colspan=2| [[Tera language|Tera]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Tench|2007|p=228}}</ref> || {{lang|ttr|'''q'''aandi}} || {{IPA|[ɠaːndi]}} || 'hello' ||
|-
|colspan=2| [[Zulu language|Zulu]] || {{lang|zu|u'''k'''uza}} || {{IPA|[uˈɠuːza]}} || 'to come' || [[Allophone]] of {{IPA|/k/}}
|}

==See also==
* [[List of phonetics topics]]
* [[Voiceless velar implosive]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*{{Cite journal |last=Connell |first=Bruce |last2=Ahoua |first2=Firmin |last3=Gibbon |first3=Dafydd |year=2002 |title=Ega |journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=99–104 |doi=10.1017/S002510030200018X |doi-access=free}}
*{{Cite book |last=Devonish |first=H |title=A Handbook of Varieties of English |last2=Harry |first2=Otelamate G. |publisher=Mouton De Gruyter |year=2004 |isbn=9783110197181 |editor-last=Kortman |editor-first=B. |volume=1: Phonology |location=Berlin |pages=441–471 |chapter=Jamaican phonology |doi=10.1515/9783110197181 |editor-last2=Shneider |editor-first2=E. W.}}
*{{Cite thesis |last=Keer |first=Edward |title=Geminates, The OCP and The Nature of CON |degree=PhD |publisher=Rutgers University |doi=10.7282/T3PZ57MT |doi-access=free |year=1999}}
*{{Cite journal |last=Tench |first=Paul |year=2007 |title=Tera |journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=228–234 |doi=10.1017/s0025100307002952 |doi-access=free}}

==External links==
* {{phoible|ɠ}}

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[[Category:Implosives]]
[[Category:Central consonants]]
[[Category:Voiced oral consonants]]