Voiced palatal approximant - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Voiced palatal approximant
j
Audio sample
Encoding
X-SAMPAj

The voiced palatal approximant is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is used in English, written as y, as in yes. Linguists usually call this symbol "yod," since in English, the name for the letter J starts with the /dʒ/ sound.