Palatal consonant

Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate . Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate are called retroflex Retroflex consonant

In phonetics [i], retroflex consonants are consonant [i] sounds used in some language [i]s. ... 

. Warning: the IPA symbols are commonly used, not for palatal stops, but for the postalveolar Postalveolar consonant

Postalveolar consonants are consonant [i]s articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of ... 

 affricates . This is an old IPA tradition. True palatal stops are relatively uncommon, so it is a good idea to verify the pronunciation whenever you see in the transcription of a language. Consonants with other primary articulations may be palatalised, that is, accompanied by the raising of the tongue surface towards the hard palate.

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Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate . Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate are called retroflex Retroflex consonant

In phonetics [i], retroflex consonants are consonant [i] sounds used in some language [i]s. ... 

.

Warning: the IPA symbols are commonly used, not for palatal stops, but for the postalveolar Postalveolar consonant

Postalveolar consonants are consonant [i]s articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of ... 

 affricates . This is an old IPA tradition. True palatal stops are relatively uncommon, so it is a good idea to verify the pronunciation whenever you see in the transcription of a language.

Consonants with other primary articulations may be palatalised, that is, accompanied by the raising of the tongue surface towards the hard palate. For example, English has such a palatal component, although its primary articulation involves the tip of the tongue and the upper gum . The palatal consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic notation [i] devised ... 

 are:

IPA	Description	Example
		Language	Orthography	IPA	Meaning
	palatal nasal	French French language French is the third-largest of the Romance languages [i] in terms of number of native speakers, after Spanish [i] ...	agneau	[]
	voiceless palatal plosive	Hungarian Hungarian language Hungarian is a Finno-Ugric language [i], unrelated to the other languages of Central Europe [i] ...	hattyú	[]
	voiced palatal plosive	Margi		[]	of a
	voiceless palatal fricative	German German language German is a West Germanic language [i]. ...	nicht	[]
	voiced palatal fricative	Spanish Spanish language Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language [i]. ...	yema	[]
	palatal approximant	English English language English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ...	yes	[]
	lateral palatal approximant	Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language [i] spoken by about 70 million people, primarily in Italy [i] ...	gli	[]
	voiced palatal implosive

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• Place of articulation Place of articulation
  
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