In phonetics, a click is a sound produced with the tongue or lips without the aid of the lungs (it belongs to the non-pulmonary consonants). Clicks can be represented by consonant sequences such as “tsk! tsk!” used to show rejection, or “tchick!” used to stimulate the movement of an animal. In many languages ​​of southern Africa, and in three of eastern Africa, they are ordinary consonants, found for example in the Xhosa language. Clicks became quite well-known in the Western world due to the 1980 film The Gods Must Be Crazy. Technically, clicks are obstructive sounds articulated with two closures (contact points) in the mouth, one in front and one behind. The air pocket in the middle is rarefied by the sucking action of the tongue – that is, clicks occur due to the velar/lingual air-ingressive mechanism. Category:Phonetics Category:Consonants