ARTICULATORY CHARACTERISTICS OF ANTERIOR CLICK CLOSURES IN NǀUU

Bonny Sands1, Johanna Brugman2, Mats Exter3, Levi Namaseb4 & Amanda Miller2
1Northern Arizona University; 2Cornell University; 3University of Cologne; 4University of Namibia

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We document the anterior places of articulation in the Nǀuu click types [ǀ, ǃ, ǁ, ǂ] using palatography and linguography. We discuss the variability seen across speakers and compare these articulations with the cross-linguistic variation reported for comparable clicks. We show that inter-speaker variability found for anterior click place of articulation is comparable to that found for coronal pulmonic consonants.