ǃ

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See also: ! [U+0021 EXCLAMATION MARK], ¡ [U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK], and [U+1ECA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT BELOW]

ǃ U+01C3, ǃ
LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK
ǂ
[U+01C2]
Latin Extended-B DŽ
[U+01C4]

Translingual

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Alternative forms

ʗ

Etymology

ǀ +subscript dot. Despite the visual similarity, this letter is not related to the exclamation mark !.

Pronunciation

  • IPA:(file)

Letter

ǃ

  1. Letter used in some Khoisan orthographies to represent various alveolar clicks. [The Unicode name 'retroflex' is an error.]

Symbol

ǃ

  1. (IPA) the forward release of an alveolar click.
  2. the tenuis velar or sometimes uvular alveolar click, [kǃ] or [qǃ]