Nasal retroflex click


The retroflex nasal click is a rare click consonant. There is no symbol for it in the International Phonetic Alphabet. The Beach convention is, and this is used in practical orthography.

Features

Features of the retroflex nasal click:

Occurrence

Retroflex nasal clicks are only attested from two languages, Central !Kung and Damin.
LanguageWordIPAMeaning
Daminrn!ii?

Glottalized alveolar nasal click

All Khoisan languages have glottalized nasal clicks. These are formed by closing the glottis so that the click is pronounced in silence; however, any preceding vowel will be nasalized.
LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Central !Kung