Velar (definition)

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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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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.