Nasal bilabial click
The bilabial nasal click is a click consonant found in some of the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is or.Features
Features of the bilabial nasal click:Occurrence
Bilabial nasal clicks only occur in the Tuu and Kx'a families of southern Africa, in the Australian ritual language Damin, and for /mw/ in some of the languages neighboring Shona, such as at least for some speakers of Ndau and Tonga.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning |
| Damin | m!ii | | 'vegetable' |
| Tonga | kumwa | | 'to drink' |
| Ndau | mwana | | 'child' |
Glottalized bilabial nasal click
The Tuu and Kx'a languages also have glottalized nasal clicks. These are formed by closing the glottis so that the click is pronounced in silence; however, any preceding vowel will be nasalized.
