Voiced palatal fricative
The
voiced palatal fricative is a type of
consonantal sound, used in some
spoken languages. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (crossed-tail j), and the equivalent
X-SAMPA symbol is
j\.
Features of the voiced palatal fricative:
* Its
manner of articulation is
fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing
turbulence.
* Its
place of articulation is
palatal which means it is articulated with the middle or back part of the
tongue raised against the
hard palate.
* Its
phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
* It is an
oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
* It is a
central consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
* The
airstream mechanism is
pulmonic egressive, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the
lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the
glottis or the mouth.
Occurs in
*
Swedish , "soil, dirt"
*
Dutch: the
zachte g (soft g) in the southern pronunciation of g in Limburg, Flanders (instead of [])
*
Spanish: This sound occurs in Spanish and is spelled
y. In dialects with
yeismo, the traditionally
palatal lateral approximant spelled
ll has merged into this phoneme as well.
* Proposed as a part of the alphabet in
Montenegrin*
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