klikkiäänteet
Klikkiäänteet, often translated as "click consonants" or "clicks," are a distinctive group of speech sounds produced by creating a rapid, suction-like movement of the tongue against the roof of the mouth or teeth, followed by a release that creates an audible click. These sounds are not phonemes in most Indo-European languages, but they are central to the phonological systems of several Southern African language families, most notably Khoisan languages like !Xóõ and Nama, as well as some Bantu languages such as Zulu and Xhosa.
The production of a click involves three main phases: the ingressive velaric airstream mechanism, where air
These click consonants are often accompanied by secondary articulations, such as aspiration, nasalization, or voicing, which