• velarization is transcribed by one of four diacritics: A tilde or swung dash through the letter U+0334 ◌̴ COMBINING TILDE OVERLAY covers velarization...
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    of velarization or pharyngealization. The regular symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨lˠ⟩ (for a velarized lateral)...
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  • labialized sounds also have simultaneous velarization, and the process may then be more precisely called labio-velarization. The "labialization" of bilabial consonants...
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  • Albanian, Irish and Russian, velarization is generally associated with more dental articulations of coronal consonants. Thus, velarized consonants, such as Albanian...
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    distinct from "l with tilde", [ɫ], which transcribes a different sound – the velarized (or pharynɡealized) alveolar lateral approximant, often called "dark L"...
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  • articulation (palatalization, velarization, or labiovelarization). The palatalized consonants are regarded as "light", and the velarized and rounded consonants...
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    L
    as in lip or blend, while the velarized alveolar lateral approximant (IPA [ɫ]) occurs in bell and milk. This velarization does not occur in many European...
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    [ð̠] or simply a plosive [d] instead. Danish Standard ved [ve̝ð̠˕ˠ] 'at' Velarized and laminal; allophone of /d/ in the syllable coda. For a minority of...
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    palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar...
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  • way that cardinal ⟦i⟧ is. For protrusion (w-like labialization without velarization), Ladefoged & Maddieson use the old IPA omega diacritic for labialization...
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    (typographic overstrike). It is the older and more generic symbol. It indicates velarization, uvularization or pharyngealization, as in [ᵶ], the guttural equivalent...
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  • affricate voiceless labiodental fricative [f] (fan) voiceless rounded velarized labiodental fricative [ɧ] Voiceless labiodental plosive Voiceless labiodental...
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    plain labial consonant and have instead two series, palatalized and labio-velarized labials, similar to the related Kanak languages. According to Jackson...
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  • which a lateral approximant sound such as [l], or, perhaps more often, velarized [ɫ], is replaced by a vowel or a semivowel. There are two types of l-vocalization:...
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  • other characteristics, such as voicing, aspiration, glottalization, velarization, length, and length of nearby vowels. Fortis and lenis were coined for...
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  • Labialization Palatalization Pharyngealization Secondary articulation Velarization Assimilation to a following sound is called regressive or anticipatory...
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  • of the laterality or with complete loss of any pharyngealization or velarization, /d/. The classical ḍād pronunciation of pharyngealization /ɮˤ/ still...
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    Press, Bozen-Bolzano. Dowla Khan, Sameer ud (2021). Palatalization and velarization in Malayalam nasals: a preliminary acoustic study of the dental–alveolar...
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  • and palatalization. It is found, for example, in the name Twi, [tɕᶣi]. Velarization is the raising of the back of the tongue toward the velum, as in the...
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    phonemes. Nauruan makes phonemic contrasts between velarized and palatalized labial consonants. Velarization is not apparent before long back vowels and palatalization...
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  • slightly diphthongized from the velarization of the preceding consonant, implying that a phonological pattern of using velarization to enhance perceptual distinctiveness...
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    varieties of Armenian. In Classical Armenian, it is pronounced as the velarized alveolar lateral approximant (/ɫ/). Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the...
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    in particular palatalization (raising of the middle of the tongue), velarization (raising of the back of the tongue) and pharyngealization (retracting...
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    alveolar ridge. According to some linguists, the "plain" consonants are velarized as in Irish, something which is most noticeable when it involves a labial...
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  • dorsum (or root) of the tongue, which has variously been described as velarization or pharyngealization depending on where the locus of the retraction is...
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    approximant /l/. In Slavic languages it may be either palatalized or slightly velarized; see below. The Cyrillic letter El was derived from the Greek letter lambda...
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  • a voiceless velodorsal stop, ⟨𝼁⟩ for voiced, and ⟨𝼇⟩ for a nasal. Velarization Place of articulation List of phonetics topics Occasional allophone of...
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  • dialect features suprasegmental emphasis (either pharyngealization or velarization) in historically emphatic contexts. For example, xəlta [xɯ̽lˁtˁɑ] (=...
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  • velar fricative and the superscript modifier letter is used to represent velarization. It is not to be confused with the character ɤ, which looks like a lowercase...
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    articulation (palatalization, velarization, or rounding). The palatalized consonants are regarded as "light", and the velarized and rounded consonants are...
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