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
    • 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
  • 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.

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