Voiceless velar stop
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| k | |
|---|---|
| Pulmonic Consonant | |
| IPA: | k |
| X-SAMPA: | k |
| Place of Articulation: | Velar |
| Manner of Articulation: | Stop |
| Phonological features: | [+consonantal] [+DORSAL] [+high] |
The voiceless velar stop is a common sound. Its voiced equivalent is ɡ.
Velar stops often palatalize before front vowels; this effect may be seen in many languages' traditional pronunciations of Latin "c", originally /k/.
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