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| | ipedia.com: Click consonant Article |
 | | The Kirshenbaum system, an alternative system for representing IPA in ASCII, uses a different method to transcribe clicks. | | | The only non-African language known to employ clicks as regular speech sounds is Damin, an "alternative code" used by speakers of Lardil (Australia) -- actually an elaborate kind of language game. | | | The size of Khoisan click-phoneme systems ranges from 20 to as many as 83. |
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http://www.ipedia.com/click_consonant.html
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| | Lateral_alveolar_click |
| | The lateral clicks are common in Khoisan languages and the neighboring Nguni languages (e.g. | | | In the case of the lateral clicks, the release is noisy, like an affricate, rather than sharp like a plosive. | | | This page contains phonetic information in IPA, which may not display correctly in some browsers. |
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http://language.school-explorer.com/info/Lateral_alveolar_click
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| | Encyclopedia: Lateral alveolar click |
| | It is a lateral consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the sides of the tongue, rather than the middle of the tongue. | | | An example of this sound is the clucking sound used by equestrians to urge their horses on. | | | The lateral alveolar click is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Lateral-alveolar-click
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