Labiopalatal consonant spirante voiced

The labiopalatal consonant spirante voiced is a consonant sound employed in certain languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is. One can regard it as a mixture of the sounds W and J .

Characteristics

Here characteristics of the labiopalatal consonant spirante voiced:

Its mode of articulation is spirant, which means that it is produced by moderately contracting the phonatory bodies at the joint, hardly causing a turbulence.
Although its joint is indicated like labiopalatal, it in fact a palatal is consonant labialized, which means that it is articulated with the medium or the back of the language against the rigid palate, all in rounding the lips.
Its phonation is voiced, which means that the vocal cords vibrate at the time of the articulation.
It is a oral Consonne, which means that the air does not escape that by the mouth.
It is a central Consonne, which means that it is produced by letting the air pass above the medium of the language, rather than by the sides.
Its mechanism of draft is égressif pulmonary, which means that it is articulated by pushing the air by the lungs and through the channel vocatoire, rather than by the glottis or the mouth.

In French

French has it. One finds it in particular in hu it , hu island and the ui . Certain speakers, in particular in Belgium, use the Allophone instead of.

Other languages

Mandarin: 月 yu E Breton “month”, “the moon”
: mui “more”

See too

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