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].
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References
Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
