The voiced velar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in very few spoken languages.
The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨ɡ͡ɣ⟩ and ⟨ɡ͜ɣ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is g_G
. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨ɡɣ⟩ in the IPA and gG
in X-SAMPA.
Voiced velar affricate | |
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ɡɣ | |
IPA Number | 110 141 |
Audio sample | |
Encoding | |
X-SAMPA | g_G |
The voiced velar affricate has not been reported to occur phonemically in any language, but it is reported as an allophone of /g/ (usually realized as a voiced velar plosive) in some dialects of English English.
Features of the voiced velar affricate:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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English | Broad Cockney | good | [ˈɡ͡ɣʊˑd̥] | 'good' | Occasional allophone of /ɡ/. See English phonology |
Received Pronunciation | |||||
Scouse | Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of /ɡ/. See English phonology | ||||
Slovene | sikh gre | [ˈs̪îːɡ͡ɣ ˈɡɾěː] | 'Sikh goes' | Allophone of /k͡x/ before voiced obstruents. See Slovene phonology |
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