Deaf velar Occlusive consonant

The deaf velar occlusive consonant is a very frequent consonant sound in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is. This symbol represents a K lower-case.

According to the languages, the phonological one can be phonetically carried out like full, aspired, palatalized, labialized, sound, éjectif, prenasalized, etc

Between also in the phonetic composition of consonants with multiple articulations, like (for example, for certain devoized achievements of the phonological /x/ of many European languages).

Characteristics

Here characteristics of the deaf velar occlusive consonant:

Its mode of articulation is occlusive, which means that it is produced by blocking the air of the vocal channel.
Its joint is velar, which means that it is articulated the former part of the language (the dorsum) against the soft palate (or velum).
Its phonation is deaf, which means that it produced without the vibration of the vocal cords.
It is a oral Consonne, which means that the air does not escape that by the mouth.
It is a central Consonne, which means that it is produced by letting the air pass above the medium of the language, rather than by the sides.
Its mechanism of draft is égressif pulmonary, which means that it is articulated by pushing the air by the lungs and through the channel vocatoire, rather than by the glottis or the mouth.

In French

French has it and qu , K and C transcribes it in front of all the vowels except the frontal vowels.

In the other languages

In German and English, the full one and aspired is Allophone S.

In Géorgien, éjective (, written კ) and is aspired (, written ქ). They are two distinct phonemes.

See too

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