implosive

Speech parts

1. implosive - Noun

2. implosive - Adjective

Meaning

Formed by implosion.

An implosive sound, an implodent.

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Examples

It has also been suggested that the āytam was used to represent the voiced implosive (or closing part or the first half) of geminated voiced plosives inside a word. Source: Internet

Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive ). Source: Internet

Note that the implosive stops were unaffected, and in fact developed tonally as if they were unvoiced. Source: Internet

Implosive stops are not uncommon, but implosive affricates and fricatives are rare. Source: Internet

In both cases, the implosive nature of the stops does not appear to have had any role in the choice of symbol. Source: Internet

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