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 or . A dedicated IPA letter, , was withdrawn in 1993. Features Features of the voiceless palatal implosive: Occurrence A rare and evidently unstable sound, is attested from the Serer language of Senegal, and the dedicated letter is given for the language's Arabic script orthography, as well as for its Latin script orthography, also found in Ngiti and Lendu. See also Voiced palatal implosive References External links Palatal consonants Implosives Voiceless oral consonants