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How to pronounce palatal in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms palatine
Derivation palate


palatal index.
Type Words
Synonyms palatalised, palatalized
Type Words
Type of glide, semivowel

Examples of palatal

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Palatal stops are phonemic in many languages including Hungarian and Icelandic.
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Palatalized postalveolar non-sibilants are usually considered to be alveolo-palatal.
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The palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in many spokenlanguages.
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It also uses labial, alveolar, palatal, velar, and glottal consonant places.
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Use of the digraph lh instead of ll to represent the palatal lateral sound.
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On top is a lateral or side view, and on the bottom, a palatal or roof of the mouth view.
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Elsewhere, only one can occur, which must occur after a non-velar, non-palatal consonant.
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The voiced palatal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
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The voiced palatal implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spokenlanguages.
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More examples
  • A semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')
  • Relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"
  • Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')
  • Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth). Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate are called retroflex.
  • Myoclonus is a regular, rhythmic contraction of one or both sides of the rear of the roof of the mouth, called the soft palate. These contractions may be accompanied by myoclonus in other muscles, including those in the face, tongue, throat, and diaphragm. ...
  • Refers to the side of a tooth adjacent to (or the direction towards) the palate, as opposed to buccal, labial or facial which refer to the side of a tooth adjacent to (or the direction towards) the inside of the cheek or lips, respectively. This term is strictly used in the maxilla.
  • Palate side of upper teeth.