The voiced palatal approximant, or yod, 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. It has two constrictions in the...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

lateral approximant [ɭ] (in Dhivehi, Korean, Telegu) Voiced palatal lateral approximant [ʎ] (in Aymara, Anindilyakwa) Voiced velar lateral approximant [ʟ]...

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

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

justify-ing). As a consonant in English, ⟨y⟩ normally represents a palatal approximant, /j/ (year, yore). In this usage, the letter Y has replaced the Middle...

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...

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

but it is actually an approximant. True doubly articulated fricatives may not occur in any language; but see voiceless palatal-velar fricative for a putative...

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...

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

The term yod is often used to refer to the speech sound [j], a palatal approximant, even in discussions of languages not written in Semitic abjads,...

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...

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

next to /i/ or /y/, or as alternative realizations of the voiced palatal approximant. Fromkin, Victoria (January 2018). An introduction to language. Rodman...

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

fricatives and approximants is only partially implemented by the IPA, for example. Even with the relatively recent addition of the palatal fricative ⟨ʝ⟩...

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

Jah is /ˈdʒɑː/, even though the letter J here transliterates the palatal approximant (Hebrew י Yodh). The spelling Yah is designed to make the pronunciation...