Nasal retroflex click

The retroflex nasal click is a rare click consonant. In practical orthography, an ad hoc symbol is used for the retroflex clicks; a nasal click with a velar rear articulation is ŋ͡‼ or ŋ͜‼, commonly abbreviated to ŋ‼, ᵑ‼ or ‼̃. The implicit symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ŋ͡𝼊 or ŋ͜𝼊, abbreviated ŋ𝼊, ᵑ𝼊 or 𝼊̃. Linguists who prefer the old IPA letters use the analogous Doke convention of ŋ͡ψ or ŋ͜ψ, abbreviated ŋψ, ᵑψ or ψ̃. For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are ɴ͡‼, ɴ͜‼, ɴ‼, ᶰ‼, ɴ͡𝼊, ɴ͜𝼊, ɴ𝼊, ᶰ𝼊 and ɴ͡ψ, ɴ͜ψ, ɴψ, ᶰψ. Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. 𝼊ŋ or 𝼊ᵑ; this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.

Nasal retroflex velar click
ŋ͡𝼊   ŋ͡‼
ᵑ𝼊   ᵑ‼
𝼊̃   ‼̃
Nasal retroflex uvular click
ɴ͡𝼊   ɴ͡‼
ᶰ𝼊   ᶰ‼
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