The velar ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨kʼ⟩.
Velar ejective stop | |||
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kʼ | |||
IPA Number | 109 + 401 | ||
Audio sample | |||
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Encoding | |||
Entity (decimal) | kʼ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+006B U+02BC | ||
X-SAMPA | k_> | ||
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Features of the velar ejective:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Abkhaz | акы/aky | [akʼə] | 'one' | ||
Adyghe | Temirgoy | шкӏэ/šč̣ǎ | ⓘ | 'calf' | |
Shapsug | кӏьэ/č̣yė | ⓘ | 'tail' | Palatalized. Corresponds to [t͡ʃʼ] in other dialects. | |
Archi[1] | кIан/k'an | [kʼan] | 'bottom' | ||
Armenian | Yerevan dialect[2] | կեղծ/kekhts | [kʼɛʁt͡sʼ] | 'false' | Some speakers. Corresponds to tenuis [k⁼] in most speakers and other Eastern dialects. |
Tbilisi dialect | կարմիր/karmir | [kʼɑɹmiɹ] | 'red' | ||
Avar | кӀул/ḳul | [kʼuɫ] | 'key' | ||
Chechen | кӀант/khant/ࢰآنت | [kʼənt] | 'boy' | ||
English[3][4] | Non-local Dublin[5] | back | [bækʼ] | 'back' | Allophone of /k/ for some speakers.[5] |
Northern English[6][7][8] | Pre-pausal allophone of /k/ for some speakers;[7] may be somewhat palatalised. See English phonology | ||||
Southern English[5][6][7] | |||||
Scottish[9] | Occasional word-final allophone of /k/.[9] | ||||
Georgian | კაბა/kʼaba | [kʼɑbɑ] | 'dress' | ||
Haida | ttsanskkaagid | [tsʼanskʼaːkit] | 'beams' | ||
Hausa | ƙoƙari | [kʼòːkʼɐ̄ɾī] | 'effort' | ||
Kabardian | Baslaney | кӏьапсэ/kl'apsè | ⓘ | 'rope' | Palatalized. Corresponds to [t͡ʃʼ] in other dialects. |
Kʼicheʼ | k'ak' | [kʼaːkʼ] | 'new' | ||
Lak | кӀлла/ⱪalla/ࢰالّا | [kʼalːa] | 'rootless, foreign'[10] | ||
Lezgian | кIир/k'ir | [kʼir] | 'fang' | ||
Navajo | k'os | [kʼòs] | 'cloud' | ||
Ossetian | Iron | къона/khona | [ˈkʼonä] | 'hearth' | |
Digoron | дзæкъолæ/dzækholæ | [d͡zəˈkʼoɫə] | 'bag' | ||
Quechua | k'aspi | [kʼaspi] | 'stick' | ||
Sotho | [example needed] | ||||
Yeyi | [example needed] | Contrasts /kʼ kʲʼ ᵑkʼ/. |