A velar lateral ejective affricate is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (extIPA; standard IPA: ).
is found in two forms in Archi, a Northeast Caucasian language of Dagestan, plain and labialized . It is further forward than velars in most languages, and might better be called prevelar. Archi also has voiceless (pulmonic) variants of its lateral affricates, several voiceless lateral fricatives, and a voiced lateral fricative at the same place of articulation, but no alveolar lateral fricatives or affricates.
is also found as an allophone of (ejective after a nasal) in Zulu and Xhosa, and of the velar ejective affricate in Hadza. In the latter, it contrasts with palatal , as in 'to cradle'. In fact, the velar ejective is reported to be lateral, or to have a lateral allophone, in various languages of Africa which have clicks, including Taa, various varieties of !Kung, GÃÂana (including GÃÂui dialect), Khwe (ÃÂAni dialect), and Khoekhoe.
Features of a velar lateral ejective affricate: