ʞ

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

Translingual

Design

A turned k.

Symbol

ʞ

1. (phonetics) A back-released click (voiceless nasal, velar or uvular release).
2. (IPA, retired) A "velar" click, used for the Khoekhoe palatal click ⟨ǂ⟩.
   • 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 (extIPA, 2008–2015) a velodorsal consonant; superseded by ⟨𝼃, 𝼁, 𝼇⟩.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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ʞ (upper case Ʞ)

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