Voiced uvular implosive

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Voiced uvular implosive
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The voiced uvular implosive is an extremely rare type of consonantal sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʛ ⟩, a small capital letter G with a rightward pointing hook extending from the upper right of the letter.

Here are the features of the voiced uvular implosive:

• 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, the airflow is blocked entirely, and the consonant is a plosive.
• Its place of articulation is uvular, which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) at the uvula.
• Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
• It is an oral consonant, which means that air is exclusively allowed to escape through the mouth.
• It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
• The airstream mechanism is implosive (glottalic ingressive), which means it is produced by pulling air in by pumping the glottis downward. Since it is voiced, the glottis is not completely closed, but allows a pulmonic airstream to escape through it.

• List of phonetics topics
• Voiceless uvular implosive

• England, Nora C. (1983). A Grammar of Mam, a Mayan Language. Texas Linguistics Series. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-76247-3.
• Orkaydo, Ongaye (2013). A Grammar of Konso (PhD thesis). Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap. hdl:1887/20681. ISBN 978-94-6093-109-3.