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The voiceless velar plosive is a type of Consonant al sound used in many Spoken Language s. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is k.

The sound is a very common sound cross-linguistically. Most languages have at least a plain [k , and some distinguish more than one variety. Many India n languages, such as Hindi , have a two-way contrast between Aspirated and plain [k].

FEATURES

Features of the voiceless velar plosive:

Its Manner Of Articulation is Plosive or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.

Its Place Of Articulation is Velar which means it is articulated with the back part of the Tongue (the dorsum) against the Soft Palate (the velum).

Its Phonation type is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.

It is an Oral Consonant , which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.

It is a Central Consonant , which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.

The Airstream Mechanism is Pulmonic Egressive , which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the Lung s and through the vocal tract, rather than from the Glottis or the mouth.

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IN ENGLISH

In English , it is the sound denoted by the letter 'c' in ''cat'' or the letter 'k' in ''skin''. English has both aspirated and plain {Link without Title} , but they are Allophone s. It is commonly noted that the English letter 'c' is ambiguous, since its hard and soft sounds are represented by 'k' and 's', respectively.

When occurs at the beginning of a word or a Stressed Syllable , like in ''cry'', ''vacation'', or ''Korea'', then it is always aspirated. When it occurs at the beginning of an unstressed syllable that isn't at the beginning of a word, like in ''trafficking'', ''walker'', or ''typical'', then it is slightly aspirated or unaspirated. When [k occurs in a Consonant Cluster following like in ''sky'', ''scrape'', or ''whisker'', then it is always unaspirated. When it occurs at the end of a word, like in ''pack'', ''silk'', or ''whisk'', then it is usually unaspirated, and if the word is at the end of an Utterance , then the [k is often unreleased.

IN GEORGIAN

Georgian has aspirated and ejective {Link without Title} . They are distinct phonemes, not allophones. Aspirated k is spelled with ქ. Ejective k is spelled with კ.

IN GERMAN

In German , as in English, aspirated and plain {Link without Title} are allophones.

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