Labiovelar Consonant spirante voiced

The labiovelar consonant spirante voiced is a consonant sound used in certain spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is.

It corresponds to the beginning of the yes French, to the W English or to the ł Polish. The ў ( ŭ ) Belorusse, sometimes compared to , is more precisely a Semi-voyelle .

Characteristics

Here characteristics of the labiovelar 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.
Its mode of articulation is labiovelar, which means that it has two joints, bilabial on the one hand, i.e. the two round lips, and velar on the other hand, the posterior part of the language operating a constriction on the level of the veil of the palate.
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.

Labiovelar Consonant spirante voiced

Characteristics

See also