The voiced palatal approximant 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, for example, French "huitiéme"...

The nasal palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some oral languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...

often diachronically, palatal approximants correspond to front vowels, velar approximants to back vowels, and labialized approximants to rounded vowels....

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...

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

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

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