Velar lateral ejective affricate
Introduction The '''velar lateral ejective affricate''' is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is  (extIPA; strict IPA: ).It is found in two forms in Archi, a Northeast Caucasian language of Dagestan, plain  and labialized . It is further forward than velars in most languages, and might better be called ''prevelar''. Archi also has voiceless (pulmonic) variants of its lateral affricates, several voiceless lateral fricatives, and a voiced lateral fricative at the same place of articulation, but no alveolar lateral fricatives or affricates. is also found as an allophone of  (ejective after a nasal) in Zulu and Xhosa, and of the velar ejective affricate  in Hadza. In the latter, it contrasts with palatal , as in  'to cradle'. In fact, the velar ejective is reported to be lateral, or to have a lateral allophone, in various languages of Africa which have clicks, including Taa, various varieties of !Kung, Gǁana (including Gǀui dialect), Khwe (ǁAni dialect), and Khoekhoe.
Features Features of the velar lateral ejective affricate:
Occurrence  Language  Word  IPA  Meaning  Notes Archi  '''кь'''ан    'to love'  Pre-velar. Archi contrasts between plain and labialized versions. Sandawe  '''''tl’'''ungu''    'sky'  Allophone of  before  Zulu  ''um'''kl'''omelo''    'prize'
See also * List of phonetic topics
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