| Above: | Voiceless velar implosive |
| Ipa Symbol: | ɠ̊ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ƙ |
A voiceless velar implosive is a very rare consonantal sound. The symbol for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is (IPA|ɠ̊) or (IPA|kʼ↓). A dedicated IPA letter, (IPA|ƙ), was withdrawn in 1993.
Features of the voiceless velar implosive:
A phonemic pronounced as //ɠ̊// has not been confirmed for any language. It has been claimed for Lendu, but it is more likely to be creaky-voiced pronounced as //ɠ̰//, as in Hausa. Some English speakers use a voiceless velar implosive pronounced as /[ɠ̊]/ to imitate the "glug-glug" sound of liquid being poured from a bottle, though others use a voiced implosive [{{IPA link|ɠ}}] or an uvular one [{{IPA link|ʛ|}}].[1]
In Uspantek, and perhaps other Mayan languages of Guatemala, pronounced as /[ɠ̊]/ is a rare allophone of pronounced as //kˀ//. Of the consonants with glottalic airstream, the labial and uvular vary as pronounced as /[ɓ̥]/ ~ pronounced as /[pʼ]/ and pronounced as /[ʛ̥]/ ~ pronounced as /[qʼ]/, depending on the position in the word. In contrast, the velar is nearly always pronounced as /[kʼ]/, but speakers have been recorded using pronounced as /[ɠ̊]/.[2]
pronounced as /navigation/