Nasal lateral click
The lateral nasal click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a nasal lateral click with a velar rear articulation is  or , commonly abbreviated to ,  or ; a symbol abandoned by the IPA but still preferred by some linguists is  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 lateral nasal click:

Occurrence
Lateral nasal clicks are found primarily in the various Khoisan language families of southern Africa and in some neighboring Bantu languages. Glottalized lateral nasal click

All Khoisan languages, and a few Bantu 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. References

Nasal consonants
Click consonants
Lateral consonants
Voiced consonants