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Palatal Consonant

Palatal consonants is, articulatory phonetics , a consonant dorsal whose place of articulation is located on the upper palate so-called "hard palate (as opposed to the soft palate or body articulator is the back of the language.

The French are only two palatal, the semi-vowel palatalization

Phonemes with a different point of articulation can be palatalized, that is to say that during their show the position of organs bends to reach the hard palate. In Slavic languages , a palatalized consonant is called wet.

Consult palatalization for details.

palatals API

The International Phonetic Alphabet identifies palatals following data with some examples:

The palatalization of a consonant is denoted by the symbol superscript Related articles

Points of articulation
Labial Bilabial Labio-dental
Coronal
( apical , laminal )
Lingual-labial Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar alveolo-palatal retroflex
Dorsal Palatal velar Labio-velar Bellwort
Pharyngeal / Glottal Pharyngeal epiglottal Glottal
Multiple Labio-palatal Labial-velar Post-alveolar-velar
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