Labialized palatal approximant
| Labialized palatal approximant | |||
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| ɥ | |||
| jʷ | |||
| IPA number | 171 | ||
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| Entity (decimal) | ɥ |
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| Unicode (hex) | U+0265 | ||
| X-SAMPA | H |
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| Kirshenbaum | j<rnd> |
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| Braille |   |
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The labialized palatal approximant, also called the labial–palatal or labio-palatal approximant, is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It has two constrictions in the vocal tract: with the tongue on the palate, and rounded at the lips. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɥ⟩, a rotated lowercase letter ⟨h⟩, or occasionally ⟨jʷ⟩, since it is a labialized [j].
The labialized palatal approximant is the semivocalic equivalent of the close front rounded vowel [y]. The two are almost identical featurally. They alternate with each other in certain languages, such as French, and in the diphthongs of some languages, ⟨ɥ⟩ and ⟨y̯⟩ with the non-syllabic diacritic are used in different transcription systems to represent the same sound.
Features
Features of the labial-palatal approximant:
- Its manner of articulation is approximant, which means it is produced by narrowing the vocal tract at the place of articulation, but not enough to produce a turbulent airstream.
- Its place of articulation is called labio-palatal, which means it is labialized palatal, accomplished by raising the body of the tongue toward the palate while rounding the lips.
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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| Abkhaz | ауаҩы | [awaˈɥə] | 'human' | See Abkhaz phonology | |
| Chinese | Mandarin | 月/yuè | [ɥœ˥˩] | 'moon' | See Mandarin phonology |
| French | nuit |  [nɥi] (help·info) |
'night' | Merges with /w/ or /y/ in Belgian French. See French phonology | |
| Korean | 귀/gwi | [kɥi] | 'ear' | See Korean phonology | |
| Swedish | Central Standard[1] | yla | [ˈyɥlä] | 'howl' | Protruded.[1] [yɥ] is a common phonetic realization of /yː/. See Swedish phonology |
| Xumi | Lower[2] | [Rdʑɥɛ] | 'fang' | Allophone of /w/ when preceded by an (alveolo-)palatal initial and/or followed by one of the front vowels /i, e, ɛ/ (in Upper Xumi also /ĩ/).[2][3] | |
| Upper[3] | [Rdɥe] | 'to ask' | |||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 295.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chirkova & Chen (2013), p. 368.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chirkova, Chen & Kocjančič Antolík (2013), p. 387.
Bibliography
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