{{Short description|Consonantal sound}} {{main|Bilabial click}} {{Infobox IPA |above={{nowrap|Tenuis bilabial click}} |ipa symbol=ʘ{{nbsp|3}}ɋ |ipa number=176 |decimal=664 |braille=and|braille2=p }} {{Infobox IPA |above={{nowrap|Tenuis bilabial velar click}} |ipa symbol=kʘ{{nbsp|3}}kɋ |ipa symbol2=ᵏʘ{{nbsp|3}}ᵏɋ }} {{Infobox IPA |above={{nowrap|Tenuis bilabial uvular click}} |ipa symbol=qʘ{{nbsp|3}}qɋ |ipa symbol2=𐞥ʘ{{nbsp|3}}𐞥ɋ }}
A '''voiceless''' or more precisely '''tenuis bilabial click''' is a click consonant found in some languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a tenuis bilabial click with a velar rear articulation is {{angbr IPA|k͡ʘ}} or {{angbr IPA|k͜ʘ}}, commonly abbreviated to {{angbr IPA|kʘ}}, {{angbr IPA|ᵏʘ}} or just {{angbr IPA|ʘ}}. For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are {{angbr IPA|q͡ʘ, q͜ʘ, qʘ, 𐞥ʘ}}. Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. {{angbr IPA|ʘk}} or {{angbr IPA|ʘᵏ}}; this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WD8aAQAAIAAJ |title=Afrika und Übersee |date=2005 |publisher=D. Reimer |pages=93–94 |language=en}}</ref>
==Features==
Features of a tenuis bilabial click:
{{lingual airstream}} {{bilabial}} {{tenuis}} {{oral}} {{Median–lateral}}
==Occurrence== Tenuis bilabial clicks are only known to occur in the Tuu and Kxʼa families of southern Africa.
{| class="wikitable" ! Language !! Word !! IPA!! Meaning |- |ǂHoan||colspan=2|{{IPA|[k͡ʘoa]}}||'two' |- |Taa||colspan=2|{{IPA|[k͡ʘàa]}}||'child' |}
==Notes== {{Reflist}} {{IPA navigation}} Category:Bilabial consonants Category:Click consonants Category:Oral consonants Category:Tenuis consonants