Voiceless uvular implosive

Voiceless uvular implosive
ʛ̥
ʠ
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A voiceless uvular implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʛ̥ ⟩ or theoretically ⟨qʼ↓⟩. A dedicated IPA letter, ⟨ʠ⟩, was retired in 1993.