This article will address the topic of Voiceless velar affricate, which has aroused growing interest in recent times. From different perspectives and approaches, this topic has generated debates and reflections in various areas, such as society, culture, politics, economics and science. Its implications, its evolution over time and its relevance today will be explored, with the aim of offering a comprehensive and detailed vision of Voiceless velar affricate. Its different dimensions will be examined, analyzing its consequences, its influence on the global level and its future projection. Through a deep and exhaustive analysis, the aim is to contribute to the understanding and knowledge of Voiceless velar affricate, thus enriching the debate and reflection around this topic of undoubted importance.
Voiceless velar affricate | |
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kx | |
IPA Number | 109 140 |
Audio sample | |
Encoding | |
X-SAMPA | k_x |
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.
Some languages have the voiceless pre-velar affricate, 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, 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.
Features of the voiceless velar affricate:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Dutch | Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect | blik | 'plate' | Optional pre-pausal allophone of /k/. | |
Modern Greek | Ancient Greek borrowings | σάκχαρο | '(blood) sugar' | ||
English | Broad Cockney | cab | 'cab' | Possible word-initial, intervocalic and word-final allophone of /k/. See English phonology | |
New Zealand | Word-initial allophone of /k/. See English phonology | ||||
North Wales | Word-initial and word-final allophone of /k/; in free variation with a strongly aspirated stop . See English phonology | ||||
Received Pronunciation | Occasional allophone of /k/. See English phonology | ||||
Scouse | Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of /k/. See English phonology | ||||
German | Standard Austrian | Kübel | 'bucket' | Possible realization of /k/ before front vowels. See Standard German phonology | |
Bavarian dialects of Tyrol | Kchind | 'child' | |||
Swiss dialects and Alemannic of southern Baden-Württemberg | Sack | 'bag' | May be actually uvular [q͡χ] in some dialects. | ||
Korean | 크다 (keuda) | 'big' | Allophone of /kʰ/ before /ɯ/. See Korean phonology | ||
Lakota | lakhóta | 'Lakota' | Allophone of /kʰ/ before /a/, /ã/, /o/, /ĩ/, and /ũ/. | ||
Navajo | kǫʼ | 'fire' | Allophone of /kʰ/ before the back vowels /o, a/. See Navajo phonology | ||
Slovene | sikh | 'Sikh' | Very rare, occurring only in loanwords. See Slovene phonology | ||
Xhosa | [example needed] | Represented by <krh>. Contrasts /kʼ, kʰ, ɡ̊ʱ, kxʼ, kxʰ, x, ɣ̈/. See Xhosa phonology. | |||
!Xóõ | 'grass' | Used in pulmonic-contour clicks. |