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A velar sound is produced with the back of the tongue approaching or touching the velum (also known as the soft palate) at the back of the mouth.
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A '''velar''' sound is produced by moving the back of the tongue toward the velum or soft palate to create a complete closure or looser constriction. The velum is near the back of the vocal tract and velar sounds are classified as ''dorsal'' because of this backness. The velar sounds in English are [k, g, ŋ]. Gaelic makes use of the same sounds with the addition of [x, ɣ]. Moreover, Gaelic's ''broad'' consonants are understood to be velarized and include [nˠ, l̪ˠ, rˠ].
*The velar sounds in English are <nowiki>[k]</nowiki> as in ''kick'', <nowiki>[g]</nowiki> as in ''get'', and <nowiki>[ŋ]</nowiki> the sound at the end of the</nowiki> word ''sing''
 
 
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
*[[Alveolar (definition)]]
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*[[Broad and Slender]]
*[[Glottal (definition)]]
 
*[[Dental (definition)]]
 
*[[Labial (definition)]]
 
*[[Palatal (definition)]]
 
*[[Pharyngeal (definition)]]
 
 
*[[Place of Articulation (definition)]]
 
*[[Place of Articulation (definition)]]
*[[Consonant (definition)]]
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*[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[http://www.paulmeier.com/ipa/charts.html Interactive IPA Charts]
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar
*[http://www.paulmeier.com/ipa/charts.html Interactive IPA Charts]
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category: Phonetics]]
 
[[Category: Phonetics]]
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[[Category: Places of Articulation]]

Latest revision as of 12:45, 10 November 2020

A velar sound is produced by moving the back of the tongue toward the velum or soft palate to create a complete closure or looser constriction. The velum is near the back of the vocal tract and velar sounds are classified as dorsal because of this backness. The velar sounds in English are [k, g, ŋ]. Gaelic makes use of the same sounds with the addition of [x, ɣ]. Moreover, Gaelic's broad consonants are understood to be velarized and include [nˠ, l̪ˠ, rˠ].

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

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.