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The voiceless uvular affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨q͡χ⟩.

Features of the voiceless uvular affricate:

Its manner of articulation is affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
Its place of articulation is uvular, which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) at the uvula.
Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Avar	хъарахъ	[q͡χʰːaˈraq͡χʰː]	'bush; bushes'	Contrasts with the ejective [q͡χʼː].
Kabardian	кхъэ	[q͡χa]^ⓘ	'grave'
Klingon	Qo'noS		Kronos

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 | colspan="2" | [[Kabardian language|Kabardian]]||  [[Cyrillic script|{{unicode|'''кхъ'''э}}]] ||  {{Audio-IPA|Qkhaa.ogg|[q͡χa]}}||  'grave'||
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-| colspan="2" | [[Klingon language|Klingon]]||  [[Qo'noS|'''Q'''o'noS]] ||  ||  Klingon homeworld||
+| colspan="2" | [[Klingon language|Klingon]]||  '''Q'''o'noS ||  ||  [[Qo'noS|Kronos]]||
 |}