decodeunicode.org . decode . LATIN LETTER BILABIAL CLICK

EDIT Latin Letter Bilabial Click The bilabial click is sometimes erroneously confounded with the sound of an air kiss while, in fact, it represents more of a smacking sound. This sound is used in the African Khoisian language !Xóõ which, as of today, is spoken by 3,000 to 5,000 people in Botswana and Namibia.
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EDIT International Phonetic Alphabet

+ Sound example

+ Alternatives // unknown
+ Former versions // unknown

+ In the IPA since 1989
+ IPA number 176

+ This sound can be found in !Xóõ.
+ Other // Originally this symbol was a circle with a dot in its center. In the IPA chart from 1993, it officially became the shape of the capital letter O. This ocurred because the IPA tradition intends every symbol in the phonetic alphabet to be based on typographic primary forms.

Synonyms

English
+ Official name in the IPA // ›bilabial click‹
+ Bull\'s Eye or Bullseye

+ Source //
Principles of the International Phonetic Association, London, 1949. /
Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 1989. /
Wikipedia. Die Liste der IPA-Zeichen & History of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Pullum, Geoffrey and William A. Ladusaw. Phonetic Symbol Guide. Second edition.

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