A voiceless or more precisely tenuis bilabial click is a click consonant found in some languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a tenuis bilabial click with a velar rear articulation is or , commonly abbreviated to , or just . For a click with a uvular rear articulation, the equivalents are . Sometimes the accompanying letter comes after the click letter, e.g. or ; this may be a simple orthographic choice, or it may imply a difference in the relative timing of the releases.
Features of a tenuis bilabial click:
Tenuis bilabial clicks are only known to occur in the Tuu and Kxüa families of southern Africa.