Voiceless uvular implosive
A voiceless uvular implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International [Phonetic Alphabet] that represents this sound is or theoretically. A dedicated IPA letter,, was retired in 1993.
Features
Occurrence
A voiceless uvular implosive has been claimed for several Mayan languages.| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
| Kaqchikel | qʼijobʼäl | 'watch, clock' | In word final position, is in free variation with ; elsewhere only appears. See Kaqchikel language. | |
| Mam | qʼootj | 'dough' | ||
| Uspantek | jq’aab | 'his/her hand' | is in free variation with in all positions. |