Ejective-contour clicks, also called
sequential linguo-glottalic consonants, are consonants that transition from a
click to an
ejective sound, or more precisely, have an audible delay between the front and rear release of the click. All click types (
alveolar ,
dental ,
lateral ,
palatal ,
retroflex , and
labial ) have linguo-glottalic variants, which occur as both stops and affricates, and may be
voiced. At least a voiceless linguo-glottalic affricate is attested from all
Khoisan languages of southern Africa (the
Khoe,
Tuu, and
Kx'a language families), as well as from the Bantu language
Yeyi from the same area, but they are unattested elsewhere.