Voiced palatal click

A voiced palatal click is a click consonant found among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a voiced palatal click with a velar rear articulation is or, commonly abbreviated to, or. Linguists who prefer the [click letter|old IPA letters] use the analogous Beach convention of or, abbreviated, or. For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are and.
Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. or ; this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.

Features

Features of a voiced palatal click:

Voiced palatal clicks are only found in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in the neighboring Yeyi language.