Palatal approximant

Features

• Its manner of articulationManner of articulation
  
  In linguistics , manner of articulation describes how the tongue, lips, and other speech organs involved in making a sound m...
   is approximantApproximant consonant
  
  Approximants are speech sounds that could be regarded as intermediate between vowels and typical consonants....
  , which means it is produced by bringing one articulator close to another but without the vocal tract being narrowed to such an extent that a turbulent airstream is produced.
• Its place of articulationPlace of articulation
  
  In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation of a consonant is the point of contact, where an obstruction occurs in...
   is palatalPalatal consonant
  
  Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate ....
   which means it is articulated with the middle or back part of the tongueTongue Summary
  
  The tongue is the large bundle of skeletal muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowin...
   raised against the hard palateHard palate
  
  The hard palate is a thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth....
  .
• Its phonationPhonation
  
  In phonetics, phonation is the "use of the laryngeal system to generate an audible source of acoustic energy, i.e., sound, w...
   type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
• It is an oral consonantOral consonant
  
  An oral consonant is a consonant sound in speech that is made by allowing air to escape from the mouth....
  , which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
• It is a central consonantCentral consonant Overview
  
  A central or medial consonant is a consonant sound that is produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over t...
  , which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
• The airstream mechanismAirstream mechanism
  
  In phonetics, the airstream mechanism is the method by which airflow is created in the vocal tract....
   is pulmonic egressivePulmonic egressive Overview
  
  In human speech, pulmonic egressive sounds are those in which the air stream is created by the lungs exhaling and pushing ai...
  , which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the lungFacts About Lung
  
  The lung is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing vertebrates....
  s and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottisGlottis
  
  The space between the vocal cords is called the glottis....
   or the mouth.
  

See also

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