Bilabial clicks

A bilabial click is a Schnalzlaut.

The volume arises from the fact that in the mouth, oral chamber is formed: With tongue back on velum and lips, a closure is formed in each case ( See: plosive ). By dissolving the primary ( bilabial ) closure air flows into the oral cavity before the velar closure. The result is a sound that is used in! XOo as phoneme. Clicking sounds are among the ingressiven sounds.

Bilabial clicks are sometimes mistakenly equated with air kisses. However, during said sounds - in contrast to kiss - not her lips pursed and they sound more like a lip-smacking.

International Phonetic Alphabet X-SAMPA Kirshenbaum Soft palate Ingressive sound Consonant Bilabial consonant Place of articulation Labial consonant Labiodental consonant Dental consonant Alveolar consonant Retroflex consonant Palatal consonant Velar consonant Uvular consonant Pharyngeal consonant Glottal consonant Manner of articulation Flap consonant Fricative consonant Approximant consonant Implosive consonant Ejective consonant
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