Lateral alveolar click

IPA mark	ǁ
IPA number	180
IPA character description	vertical double line
Unicode	U + 01C1
HTML (dec.)	& # 449;
X-SAMPA	|\|\
Kirshenbaum	l!
Audio sample click loud ? / i [ ǁ ] Audio sample ? / i [ ǁa ʔaǁa ]

A lateral alveolar click , colloquially known as Reiterschnalzer or Kutscherschnalzer , is a click sound in which the sides of the tongue (therefore lateral ) are brought to the molars ( alveolar ) and then quickly pulled away from them. Like all clicks, it is a consonant .

Phonetic ( phonetic ) and orthographic realization of the lateral alveolar click in different languages:

• In the isiXhosa and isiZulu languages , the voiceless lateral alveolar click is represented by the letter " x ", the fricative click by "gx", the aspirated click by "xh" and the nasal click by "nx".

Phonetic notation :

• In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) the alveolar lateral click is indicated by the symbol vertical double bar. double pipe , noted, and has the IPA number 180. This can be written on the computer with two pipe characters  » |«, under Unicode it has a glyph » ǁ« LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK, with the code point U+01C1in the Unicode block Latin, extended-B
• X-SAMPA notes » |\|\« (suitable for 7-bit ASCII code, under SAMPA there are no characters)
• Kirshenbaum notes » l!«

This Schnalzer is used outside of speech in Europe by coachmen and riders, and serves to draw the horse's attention - as with all clicks, most animals respond to this phoneme.

See also

• Dental click , similar not on the side of the tooth dam, but articulated in front

literature

• Michael Dürr, Peter Schlobinski : Descriptive Linguistics: Basics and Methods . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006, ISBN 3-525-26518-2 , p. 32.
• Bonny Sands et al .: Articulatory Characteristics of Anterior Click Closures in Nǀuu (PDF; 3.5 MB) In: ICPhS XVI, Saarbrücken, 6. – 10. August 2007, p. 403.
• Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen, Bonny Sands: Contrastive Lateral Clicks and Variation in Click Types . ( PostScript ).
• William J. Hardcastle, John Laver: The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences . Blackwell Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0-631-21478-X , p. 606.

Web links

• Unicode Character LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK (U + 01C1)

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