Palatal ejective stop
Consonantal sound
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A palatal ejective is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages, and the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) that represents this sound is ⟨cʼ⟩.
| Palatal ejective stop | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| cʼ | |||
| IPA number | 107 + 401 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | cʼ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0063 U+02BC | ||
| X-SAMPA | c_> | ||
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Features
Some of the features of a palatal ejective stop are:
- Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also oral, with no nasal outlet, it is a plosive.
- Its place of articulation is palatal, which means it is articulated with the middle or back part of the tongue raised to the hard palate.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is an oral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
- It is a median consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream down the midline of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hausa[1] | [cʼaːɽa] | 'grass' | The three-way contrast between palatals /c ɟ cʼ/, plain velars /k ɡ kʼ/, and labialized velars /kʷ ɡʷ kʷʼ/ is found only before long and short /a/. | |
| Jaqaru[2] | [example needed] | |||
| Keres[3][4] | [example needed] | |||
| Nǁng[5] | /cʼaˤe/ | cʼaqe | 'to be finely-sized' | |