Voiced velar implosive

Voiced velar implosive
ɠ
IPA Number166
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)ɠ
Unicode (hex)U+0260
X-SAMPAg_<
Braille⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
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The voiced velar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɠ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is g_<. It is familiar to English speakers as the sound made when mimicking the 'gulping' of water.


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