ʞ

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ʞ U+029E, ʞ
LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K
ʝ
[U+029D]
IPA Extensions ʟ
[U+029F]

Translingual

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Design

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A turned k.

Symbol

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ʞ

  1. (phonetics) A back-released click consonant (voiceless nasal, with a velar or uvular release).
    (superscript ⟨𐞾⟩, IPA) [ʞ]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ʞ]-release.
    A minus diacritic, [ʞ᫢], may be used to distinguish a uvular release.
  2. (IPA, obsolete) The release of a palatal click, modern ǂ. Misleadingly labeled "velar" in some material.
    • 1921 Écriture phonétique internationale
      Les claquements des Cafres [Xhosa] et des Hottentots [Khoekhoe] se représentent autant que possible par le renversement des lettres marquant les sons normals correspondants: ʇ, ʖ, ʞ;—et ʗ pour le claquement cacuminal
    • 1949, The principles of the International Phonetic Association
      Clicks: dental ʇ (Zulu c), lateral ʖ (Zulu x), retroflex ʗ (Zulu q), velar ʞ.
  3. (extIPA, 2008–2015) a velodorsal consonant; superseded by 𝼃, 𝼁, 𝼇.
  4. (phonetics, obsolete) A voiceless uvular stop ([q])
    • 1892, Franz Boas, Notes on the Chemakum Language, in American Anthropologist
      ʞ=deep guttural k.

Dakota

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ʞ (upper case )

  1. (transcription, obsolete) A tenuis [k]; now ⟨k⟩.