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these are a class of consonants, not to be confused with velaric sounds. These type of consonants is pronounced by the back of the tongue when it touches the back soft part of the pallet or velum. Examples of velars in English are “k” and “g.”
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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).  
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*The velar sounds in English are <nowiki>[k,g,ŋ]</nowiki>
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 22:19, 12 November 2009

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.