The voiced uvular affricate is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨ɢ͡ʁ⟩ and ⟨ɢ͜ʁ⟩. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨ɢʁ⟩.
Voiced uvular affricate | |
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ɢʁ | |
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Features of the voiced uvular affricate:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Akhvakh | [example needed] | ||||
Ekagi | gaati | [ɢ͡ʁaːti] | 'ten' | Velar lateral allophone [ɡ͡ʟ] before back vowels.[1] | |
Persian | Iranian | [example needed] | Allophone of [ɢ][2][3] |