⦀
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Translingual
Symbol
⦀
- (mathematics) Delimits a norm or a norm-like function, distinguished from a norm denoted by ‖·‖.
- (phonetics, rare) the triple pipe, a transcription for a second lateral click distinct from .[1]
Usage notes
The character U+2980 is recommended for the click letter by Unicode and is supported by SIL fonts (e.g. proper placement of IPA diacritics). The six basic ⦀-clicks are:
Velar Uvular Voiceless ⦀̥ k͜⦀ q͜⦀ Voiced ⦀̬ ɡ͜⦀ ɢ͜⦀ Nasal ⦀̬̃ ŋ͜⦀ ɴ͜⦀
The tie bar may be omitted, or the accompanying letter may be superscripted: ⟨ᵏ⦀ ᶢ⦀ ᵑ⦀ 𐞥⦀ 𐞒⦀ ᶰ⦀⟩.
References
- ^ * Essing 1964 "Die Urbevölkerung des südlischen Afrika." Neues Afrika 6(7): 238–239.
* Miller-Ockhuizen & Sands 2000 "Contrastive lateral clicks and variation in click types." Sixth International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP 2000), Beijing, China, October 16–20.