How these sounds differ
kǀ͓ˠʰ
Voiceless Click Click
- Voicing
- voiceless
- Place
- click
- Manner
- click
- Class
- consonant
- In languages
- 1 / 500
ŋǀ͓
Voiced Click Click
- Voicing
- voiced
- Place
- click
- Manner
- click
- Class
- consonant
- In languages
- 4 / 500
Cross-linguistic distribution
1
Languages with kǀ͓ˠʰ
1
Languages with both
4
Languages with ŋǀ͓
1 languages in our database contrast both sounds as distinct phonemes. Languages that have one but not the other tend to merge them into a single phoneme — meaning speakers of those languages often struggle to hear the distinction when learning a language that contrasts them.