Palatal consonant
A palatal consonant or, more briefly a palatal , indicates, in Articulatory phonetics, a dorsal Consonne whose Lieu of articulation is located on the upper part of the palate known as “hard palate” (in opposition to the soft palate or velum ); the body articulator is the back of the language.
French counts only two palatals, the semivowel J (with initial of yurt ) as well as the nasal one ɲ (with initial of gnon ).
Palatalization
Phonemes having a different joint can be palatalized, i.e. during their emission the position of the bodies inflects to reach the hard palate. In the Slavic languages a palatalized consonant known as is wet.To consult Palatalization for more details.
Palatals the API one
The International Phonetic Alphabet counts the following palatals, data with some examples:
- occlusive S
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C
, occlusive palatal sourde
Korean: 살 (“well”) -
ɟ
, occlusive palatal sonore
Hungarian: nagy (“large”) - nasal S
-
ɲ
, palatal nasale
Spanish mañana (“tomorrow”)
Portuguese minhoca (“ground worm”) - fricative S
-
C
, fricative palatal sourde
German: ich (“I”) - ʝ , sound fricative palatal
- Spirante S
-
J
, palatal spirante
English: yes (“yes”)
French: have ** ʎ , palatal spirante side
Italian: gli (“them”) - click
- , palatal click
- injective
- , implosive sound palatal
Sindhi: (“illiterate”)
The palatalization of a consonant is noted by the symbol while exposing; for example endures in English American decides.
Related articles
- Articulatory phonetics
- Place of articulation
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