Palatal (definition)
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A palatal sound is produced with the tongue touching or nearly touching the hard palate.
- palatal sounds of English are [ʧ,ʤ,ʃ,ʒ,j].
- palatal sounds of Gaelic are [tʲʰ,tʲ,kʲʰ,kʲ,ɲ,ʃ,ç,ʝ,lʲ,ɾʲ,j].
See Also
- Velar (definition)
- Glottal (definition)
- Alveolar (definition)
- Dental (definition)
- Labial (definition)
- Pharyngeal (definition)
- Place of Articulation (definition)
- Consonant (definition)
- Sounds of Scottish Gaelic
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References
- Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
- Ladefoged, Peter (1993) A Course in Phonetics Third Edition. London: Harcourt Press.
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
