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Voiceless alveolar implosive

Consonantal sound

Summary

Consonantal sound

Field	Value
above	Voiceless alveolar implosive
ipa symbol	ɗ̥
ipa symbol2	ƭ
ipa-image	IPA Unicode 0x01AD.svg

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A voiceless alveolar implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is or theoretically . A dedicated IPA letter, , was retired in 1993.

Features

Features of a voiceless alveolar implosive:

Occurrence

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Ese Ejja	dokwei		'stag'
Mam	tʼutʼan		'finish'	Alternates between and .
Serer		Contrasts .
Igbo	Owere		Has a seven-way contrast of .

References

Works cited

References

Vuillermet, Marine. (14 September 2012). "A grammar of Ese Ejja, a Takanan language of the Bolivian Amazon". [[Lumière University Lyon 2]].
England, Nora C.. (1983). "A grammar of Mam, a Mayan language". University of Texas Press.
{{Harvcoltxt. Mc Laughlin. 2005

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