Voiceless velar stop
The voiceless velar plosive ( a voiceless, at the posterior dorsum of the tongue formed plosive ) has in different languages following phonetic and orthographic realizations:
- German [k, k ʰ ]: K, k; ck; ch before r and s Examples: Comb [k ʰ at ] bag [ zak ], Christian [k ʰ ʁɪst ], Fuchs [ fʊks ]
- Examples: actuel [ aktɥɛl ], commune [ kɔmyn ], queue [ ko], coq [ kɔk ]