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The palatal nasal click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ǂ̃⟩ or ⟨ᵑǂ⟩. (Variations of the latter include ⟨ŋǂ⟩ and ⟨ǂŋ⟩.)
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Features
Features of the palatal nasal click:
Occurrence
Palatal nasal clicks are only found in the various Khoisan languages families of southern Africa and in the neighboring Yeyi language.
Glottalized palatal nasal click
All Khoisan languages, and a few Bantu languages, have glottalized nasal clicks. These are formed by closing the glottis so that the click is pronounced in silence; however, any preceding vowel will be nasalized.
References
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