Velar (definition)
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A velar sound is produced with the back of the tongue approaching or touching the velum, which is also known as the soft palate. These are not the same as velaric sounds (clicks).
- The velar sounds in English are [k,g,ŋ]
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References
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
