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 ]
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