| Above: | Voiceless palatal implosive |
| Ipa Symbol: | ʄ̊ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ƈ |
A voiceless palatal implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA| ʄ̊ ) or (IPA|cʼ↓). A dedicated IPA letter, (IPA|ƈ), was withdrawn in 1993.
Features of the voiceless palatal implosive:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lendu[1] | ledyø | pronounced as /[lɛʄ̥ø]/ | ||||
| Ngiti | ká'''tdy'''ɛ̀kɛ̀ | pronounced as /[káʄ̥ɛ̀kɛ̀]/ | 'sorghum' | Contrasts voiced implosive pronounced as //ʄ//, and voiceless, voiced, and prenasalised plosives pronounced as //c//, pronounced as //ɟ//, pronounced as //ᶮɟ//.[2] [3] | ||
| Serer | Written as (ࢢ) in the Arabic script and as (ƈ) in Latin script. Contrasts /ɓ̥, ɗ̥, ʄ̊, ɓ, ɗ, ʄ/. | |||||
pronounced as /navigation/