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Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue against the soft palate . Since the velar region of the roof of the mouth is relatively extensive and the movements of the dorsum are not very precise, velars easily undergo assimilation, shifting their articulation back or to the front depending on the quality of adjacent vowels. They often become automatically fronted, that is partly or completely palatal Palatal consonant

Palatal consonants are consonant [i]s articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate [i] ... 

 before a following front vowel, and retracted before back vowels. Palatalised velars are sometimes referred to as palatovelars.

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Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue
against the soft palate .

Since the velar region of the roof of the mouth is relatively extensive and the movements of the dorsum
are not very precise, velars easily undergo assimilation, shifting their articulation back or to the front
depending on the quality of adjacent vowels. They often become automatically fronted, that is partly or completely palatal Palatal consonant

Palatal consonants are consonant [i]s articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate [i] ... 

 before a following front vowel, and retracted before back vowels.

Palatalised velars are sometimes referred to as palatovelars.
Many languages also have labialized velars, such as , in which the articulation is accompanied by rounding of the lips. There are also labial-velar consonant Labial-velar consonant

Labial-velar consonants are doubly articulated at the velum [i] and the lip [i]s. ... 

s, which are doubly articulated at the velum and at the lips, such as . This distinction disappears with the approximant [w], since labialization involves adding of a labial approximant articulation to a sound, and this ambiguous situation is often called labiovelar.

The velar 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
LanguageOrthographyIPAMeaning
velar nasalEnglish English language

English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ... 

voiceless velar plosiveEnglish English language

English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ... 

sip
voiced velar plosive Voiced velar plosive

The voiced velar plosive is a type of consonant [i]al sound, used in some spoken [i] language [i] ... 

English English language

English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ... 

et
voiceless velar fricativeGerman German language

German is a West Germanic language [i]. ... 

Bau]abdomen Abdomen

The abdomen is a part of the body.... 

voiced velar fricativeMargiāf?´
voiceless labial-velar approximantEnglish English language

English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ... 

ich
velar approximantSpanish Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language [i]. ... 

paar
velar lateral approximantMid-Waghiaae
labial-velar approximantEnglish English language

English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ... 

itch


1In dialects that distinguish between which and witch.

2Intervocalic g in Spanish often described instead as a very lightly articulated voiced velar fricative.

See also


  • Place of articulation Place of articulation

    In articulatory phonetics [i], the place of articulation of a consonant [i] is the point of contact, wh ... 

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