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1. Click Consonant

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   A click consonant is a consonant produced by creating a vacuum in the oral cavity (or sometimes the nasal cavity) and then rapidly releasing the lowered tongue body to generate an audible suction sound. Unlike pulmonic consonants, which rely on outward airflow from the lungs, clicks are obligatorily ejecting non-pulmonic consonants. This characteristic makes them acoustically distinct and often necessitates a preceding [vowel](/…