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Translingual
Symbol
𐞥
- (IPA) -onset (prestopping / preocclusion / preplosion), -release, -coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .
- (IPA, on a click consonant) A voiceless uvular click; specifically:
- velar dental click ⟨𐞥ǀ⟩ (old-style ⟨𐞥ʇ⟩),
- velar alveolar click ⟨𐞥ǃ⟩ (old-style ⟨𐞥ʗ⟩),
- velar palatal click ⟨𐞥ǂ⟩ (old-style ⟨𐞥𝼋⟩),
- velar lateral click ⟨𐞥ǁ⟩ (old-style ⟨𐞥ʖ⟩),
- velar bilabial click ⟨𐞥ʘ⟩,
- velar retroflex click ⟨𐞥𝼊⟩ or ad hoc ⟨𐞥‼⟩ (old-style ⟨𐞥ψ⟩).
- Placement after the click letter – e.g. ⟨ǂ𐞥⟩ rather than ⟨𐞥ǂ⟩, or ⟨ǂ𐞥ʰ⟩ rather than ⟨𐞥ǂʰ⟩ if aspirated, – may imply an audible uvular release.
- See also ⟨ᵏ⟩, ⟨𐞒⟩, ⟨ᶰ⟩.
- (IPA, on a vowel) uvularized (or sometimes pharyngealized). A common convention in Khoisanist linguistics.
- See also ⟨ˤ⟩, ⟨ʶ⟩.
