The voiced palatal approximant is a type of consonant used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...

The voiced palatal lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...

The voiced labial–palatal (or labio-palatal) approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages, for example, French "huitième"...

often diachronically, palatal approximants correspond to front vowels, velar approximants to back vowels, and labialized approximants to rounded vowels....

The nasal palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some oral languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...

sound is ⟨ j̊ ⟩, the voiceless homologue of the voiced palatal approximant. The palatal approximant can in many cases be considered the semivocalic equivalent...

palate are called retroflex. The most common type of palatal consonant is the extremely common approximant [j], which ranks among the ten most common sounds...

symbols for alveolo-palatal sibilant fricatives ⟨ɕ, ʑ⟩) can be used. Some scholars also posit a voiceless palatal lateral approximant distinct from the...

prototypical labialized palatal approximant. Features of the voiced labial–velar approximant: Its manner of articulation is approximant, which means it is...

the tongue) palatal clicks [ǂ] etc. palatal approximant [j] (yes) palatal ejective [cʼ] palatal lateral approximant [ʎ] voiceless palatal lateral fricative...

articulation is ⟨ᶣ⟩, a superscript ⟨ɥ⟩, the symbol for the labialized palatal approximant. If such sounds pattern with other, labialized, consonants, they...

and ⟨ɥ⟩ for the labio-palatal approximant. Features of the voiced velar approximant: Its manner of articulation is approximant, which means it is produced...

The voiceless labial–palatal fricative or approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in a few spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic...

When used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the voiced palatal approximant (the sound of "y" in "yes") it may be called yod or jod (pronounced...

Voiced palatal lateral approximant [ʎ] (in Aymara, Anindilyakwa) Voiced velar lateral approximant [ʟ] (in Wahgi) Voiced uvular lateral approximant [ʟ̠]...

alveolo-palatal sibilant. In broad transcription, the symbol for the palatal approximant, ⟨j⟩, may be used for the sake of simplicity. The voiced palatal fricative...

alveolo-palatal (such as [ɕ ʑ], strongly palatalized), and retroflex (such as [ʂ ʐ], unpalatalized). The palato-alveolar and alveolo-palatal subtypes...

fricative (also called post-palatal), see voiceless palatal fricative. Some scholars also posit the voiceless velar approximant distinct from the fricative...

intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds. Nasal palatal approximant Index of phonetics articles Ɲ (upper and lower case letter used in...

However, the symbol for a palatal lateral approximant with a breve denoting extra-short ⟨ʎ̆⟩ may be used. Features of the voiced palatal lateral flap: Its manner...

The voiced alveolar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...

consonant Palatal approximant (j, j̊) Palatal click (ǂ) Palatal consonant Palatal ejective (cʼ) Palatal lateral approximant (ʎ, ʎ̟) Palatal lateral ejective...

palatalization that occurs when a consonant comes into contact with the palatal approximant /j/ from the succeeding phoneme. The /j/ is represented by iota (ι)...

necessarily a semivowel. Semivowels form a subclass of approximants. Although "semivowel" and "approximant" are sometimes treated as synonymous, most authors...

The palatal or palato-alveolar clicks are a family of click consonants found, as components of words, only in southern Africa. The tongue is nearly flat...

rounded vowel is the vocalic equivalent of the rare labialized post-palatal approximant [ẅ]. In most languages this rounded vowel is pronounced with protruded...

The voiceless palatal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in some vocal languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that...

in this encyclopedia. Nasal palatal approximant [j̃] Nasal labial–velar approximant [w̃] Voiceless nasal glottal approximant [h̃] Voiceless bilabially post-trilled...

The close front unrounded vowel is the vocalic equivalent of the palatal approximant [j]. They alternate with each other in certain languages, such as...

In phonetics, alveolo-palatal (alveolopalatal, alveo-palatal or alveopalatal) consonants, sometimes synonymous with pre-palatal consonants, are intermediate...