Back Stimmlose velare Affrikate ALS Гъугъаб веларияб аффрикат AV Stimmlose velare Affrikate German Africada velar sorda Spanish Consonne affriquée vélaire sourde French Konsonan tak desis gesek langit-langit belakang nirsuara ID Affricata velare sorda Italian 無声軟口蓋破擦音 Japanese 무성 연구개 파찰음 Korean Spółgłoska zwarto-szczelinowa miękkopodniebienna bezdźwięczna Polish
| Voiceless velar affricate | |
|---|---|
| kx | |
| IPA number | 109 140 |
| Audio sample | |
| Encoding | |
| X-SAMPA | k_x |
The voiceless velar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound are ⟨k͡x⟩ and ⟨k͜x⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is k_x. The tie bar may be omitted, yielding ⟨kx⟩ in the IPA and kx in X-SAMPA.
Some languages have the voiceless pre-velar affricate,[1] which is articulated slightly more front compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical voiceless velar affricate, though not as front as the prototypical voiceless palatal affricate - see that article for more information.
Conversely, some languages have the voiceless post-velar affricate,[2] which is articulated slightly behind the place of articulation of the prototypical voiceless velar affricate, though not as back as the prototypical voiceless uvular affricate - see that article for more information.