Voiceless velar affricate
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨kx⟩ in IPA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The voiceless velar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound are ⟨k͡x⟩ and ⟨k͜x⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is k_x
. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨kx⟩ in the IPA and kx
in X-SAMPA.
Voiceless velar affricate | |
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kx | |
IPA Number | 109 140 |
Audio sample | |
Encoding | |
X-SAMPA | k_x |
Some languages have the voiceless pre-velar affricate,[1] which is articulated slightly more front compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical voiceless velar affricate, though not as front as the prototypical voiceless palatal affricate - see that article for more information.
Conversely, some languages have the voiceless post-velar affricate,[2] which is articulated slightly behind the place of articulation of the prototypical voiceless velar affricate, though not as back as the prototypical voiceless uvular affricate - see that article for more information.