Voiced palatal click
The voiced palatal click is a click consonant found among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a voiced palatal click with a velar rear articulation is  or , commonly abbreviated to ,  or . Linguists who prefer the old IPA letters use the analogous Beach convention of  or , abbreviated ,  or . For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are  and . Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. or ; this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases. Features

Features of the voiced palatal click:

Occurrence
Voiced palatal clicks are only found in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in the neighboring Yeyi language. References

Click consonants
Palatal consonants
Central consonants
Voiced oral consonants