Voiceless velar plosive

The voiceless velar stop is a type of consonant. The letter for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨k⟩. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is ⟨k⟩. The English language has this sound, and it is the sound represented by the "c" in care and the "k" in kiss.

Voiceless velar plosive
k
IPA Number	109
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	k
Unicode (hex)	U+006B
X-SAMPA	k

Feeatures

• The airstream mechanism is pulmonic. This means that this sound is produced by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
• The phonation is voiceless. This means that this sound is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
• The place of articulation (where the sound is produced) is velar. This means that this sound is produced with the back of the tongue at the soft palate.
• The manner of articulation (how the sound is produced) is stop, or plosive. This means that this sound is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. (The term plosive contrasts with nasal stops, where the blocked airflow is redirected through the nose.)See also: Voiced velar lateral stop

Examples

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning
Abkhaz		ақалақь/ak̇halak̇h’	[ˈakalakʲ]	'the city'
Adyghe	Shapsug	кьэт/k′ėt	[kʲat]	'chicken'
	Temirgoy	пскэн/pskėn	[pskan]
Ahtna		gistaann	[kɪstʰɐːn]	'six'
Aleut[1]		kiikax̂	[kiːkaχ]	'cranberry bush'
Arabic	Modern Standard[2]	كتب/kutib	[ˈkatabɐ]	'he wrote'
Armenian	Eastern[3]	քաղաք/ k'aġak'/k'aghak	[kʰɑˈʁɑkʰ]	'town'
Assamese		কম/kom	[kɔm]	'less'
Assyrian		ܟܬܒ̣ܐ [[[Syriac alphabet|ctava]]] Error: {{Lang}}: Latn text/non-Latn script subtag mismatch (help)	[ktava]	'book'
Basque		katu	[kat̪u]	'cat'
Bengali		কম/kom	[kɔm]	'less'
Bulgarian		как/kak	[kak]	'how'
Catalan[4]		cors	[ˈkɔ(ɾ)s]	'hearts'
Chinese	Cantonese	家 / gā	[kaː˥]	'home'
	Hokkien	歌 koa	[kua]	'song'
	Mandarin	高 / gāo	[kɑʊ˥]	'high'
Chuvash		кукка	[ku'kːɑ]	'mother's brother'
Czech		kost	[kost]	'bone'
Danish	Standard[5]	gås	[ˈkɔ̽ːs]	'goose'
Dutch[6]		koning	[ˈkoːnɪŋ]	'king'
English		kiss	[kʰɪs]	'kiss'
Esperanto		rakonto	[raˈkonto]	'tale'
Estonian		kõik	[kɤik]	'all'
Filipino		kuto	[ˈkuto]	'lice'
Finnish		kakku	[kɑkːu]	'cake'
French[7]		cabinet	[kabinɛ]	'office'
Georgian[8]		ქვა/kva	[kʰva]	'stone'
German		Käfig	[ˈkʰɛːfɪç]	'cage'
Greek		καλόγερος / kalógeros	[kaˈlo̞ʝe̞ro̞s̠]	'monk'
Gujarati		કાંદો/kaṃde	[kɑːnd̪oː]	'onion'
Hebrew		כסף / kesef	[ˈkesef]	'money'
Hiligaynon		kadlaw	[kad̪law]	'laugh'
Hindustani		काम / کام	[kɑːm]	'work'
Hungarian		akkor	[ɒkkor]	'then'
Italian[9]		casa	[ˈkäːzä]	'house'
Japanese[10]		鞄 / kaban	[kabaɴ]	'handbag'
Kagayanen[11]		kalag	[kað̞aɡ]	'spirit'
Khmer		កម្ពុជា / kâmpŭchéa	[kampuciːə]	'Cambodia'
Korean		감자 / kamja	[kamdʑa]	'potato'
Lakota		kimímela	[kɪˈmɪmela]	'butterfly'
Luxembourgish[12]		geess	[ˈkeːs]	'goat'
Macedonian		кој	[kɔj]	'who'
Marathi		कवच	[kəʋət͡s]	'armour'
Malay		kaki	[käki]	'leg'
Nepali		केरा	[keɾä]	'banana'
Norwegian		kake	[kɑːkɛ]	'cake'
Odia		କାମ/kāma	[kämɔ]	'work'
Pashto		كال/kal	[kɑl]	'year'
Persian		کارد/kārd	[kɑrd]	'knife'
Polish[13]		buk	[ˈbuk]	'beech tree'
Portuguese[14]		corpo	[ˈkoɾpu]	'body'
Punjabi		ਕਰ/کر/kar	[kəɾ]	'do'
Romanian[15]		când	[ˈkɨnd]	'when'
Russian[16]		короткий/korotkiy	[kɐˈrotkʲɪj]	'short'
Serbo-Croatian[17]		кост / kost	[kȏːs̪t̪]	'bone'
Slovak		kosť	[kɔ̝stɕ]	'bone'
Spanish[18]		casa	[ˈkäsä]	'house'
Swedish		ko	[ˈkʰuː]	'cow'
Sylheti		ꠇꠤꠔꠣ/kita	[kɪt̪à]	'what'
Tamil		கை/kai	[kəɪ̯]	'hand'
Telugu		కాకి/kāki	[kāki]	'crow'
Thai		ไก่/kị̀	[kaj˨˩]	'chicken'
Turkish		kulak	[kʰuɫäk]	'ear'
Ubykh		кауар/kawar	[kawar]	'slat'
Ukrainian[19]		колесо/koleso	[ˈkɔɫɛsɔ]	'wheel'
Vietnamese[20]		cam	[kam]	'orange'
Welsh		calon	[kalɔn]	'heart'
West Frisian		keal	[kɪəl]	'calf'
Yi		ꇰ / ge	[kɤ˧]	'foolish'
Zapotec	Tilquiapan[21]	canza	[kanza]	'walking'