Velar consonant spirante voiced

The velar consonant spirante voiced is a not very frequent consonant sound spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is.

Characteristics

Here characteristics of the palatal 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 joint is velar, which means that it is articulated the former part of the language (the dorsum) against the soft palate (or velum).
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 does not have it.

Other languages

One finds this sound in cherokee, or it is transcribed W . However, with the influence of English, it is sometimes carried out like its Allophone [W].
In Spanish the letter G is only marked at the beginning of word or after a nasal , the remainder of time, it is marked.
In Japanese, the consonant romanized by the letter W decides.

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