Voiceless velar implosive
A voiceless velar implosive is a very rare consonantal sound. The symbol for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is or theoretically. A dedicated IPA letter,, was retired in 1993.
Features
Features of a voiceless velar implosive:Occurrence
A phonemic has not been confirmed for any language. It has been claimed for Lendu, but it is more likely to be creaky-voiced, as in Hausa. Some English speakers use a voiceless velar implosive to imitate the "glug-glug" sound of liquid being poured from a bottle, though others use a voiced implosive or an uvular one .In Uspantek, and perhaps other Mayan languages of Guatemala, is a rare allophone of. Of the consonants with glottalic airstream, the labial and uvular vary as ~ and ~, depending on the position in the word. In contrast, the velar is nearly always, but speakers have been recorded using.