Voiceless velar implosive
A voiceless velar implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some oral languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is or. A dedicated IPA letter,, was withdrawn in 1993.Features
Features of the voiceless velar implosive:Occurrence
A phonemic has not been confirmed for any language. It has been claimed for Lendu, but it is more likely to be creaky-voiced, as in Hausa. Some English speakers use a voiceless velar implosive to imitate the "glug-glug" sound of liquid being poured from a bottle, though others use a voiced implosive.
