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The voiceless uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound that is used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is χ , the Greek chi .
The voiceless uvular fricative [χ] is similar to the voiceless velar fricative [x], except that it is articulated near the uvula. It is found in Georgian, and instead of [x] in some dialects of German, Spanish , and colloquial Arabic , as well as in some Dutch varieties and in standard Afrikaans .
The voiceless uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is pronounced like a voiceless velar plosive [k] , except that the tongue makes contact not on the soft palate but on the uvula .
The voiceless uvular affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are q͡χ and q͜χ , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is q_X .
The voiceless uvular trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.It is less common than its voiced counterpart.The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʀ̥ , a small capital version of the Latin letter r with a ring diacritic indicating voicelessness.
The 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 qʼ↓ . A dedicated IPA letter, ʠ , was withdrawn in 1993.
The voiceless uvular nasal is an extremely rare type of consonantal sound, used in very few spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɴ̥ , a combination of the letter for the voiced uvular nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness .
Uvular stops are common in certain parts of the world, e.g. the Caucasian languages and the Pacific Northwest languages of North America. However, they are unattested in the European languages (outside of a few peripheral areas such as the Caucasus). The most common sound is the voiceless stop [q].