What are the differences between of consonants of the palatal columns, and there palatalized doubles nʲ, tʲ, dʲ, ʃʲ, ʒʲ, lʲ? Or it is just two writtens for the same sound?

If palatal vs. alveolo-palatal is not a contrast in any language, does that mean there's no point in trying to find a feature that distinguishes the two? Is the choice of /ç/ or /ɕ/ to represent the …

Apr 7, 2023 · The sequence palatal velar + u̯/w is not common, but it does pop up here and there, most notably in *h₁ék̑u̯os ‘horse’ and *k̑u̯ō (n) ‘dog’. In the branches where palatovelars …

Oct 13, 2020 · The "officially" voiceless alveolar-palatine affricate does not exist in English. But I can clearly hear it in the sentence "Ouch that hurt" (when the computer reads this senten...

The palatal affricates behave otherwise like normal stop consonants; this restriction on /r/ clusters is because palatals are too close to /r/ in the mouth for us to distinguish easily. This is a …

Nov 30, 2023 · [w] (the semivowel of [u]) is labial–velar. [ɥ] (the semivowel of [y]) is labio-palatal. Does the position of the vowel in the mouth play a part in determining its semivowel’s place of …

Jan 11, 2023 · Instead, since coronal, palatal and velar sounds are all articulated with somewhat similar areas of the tongue, "palatalization" of [t] or [k] tends to result in the sound being …

Dec 8, 2023 · The English post-alveolar affricate definitely does not begin with a palatal plosive.

Oct 4, 2021 · In theory, the IPA symbol ɲ is a palatal nasal stop, which means there's a complete closure blocking airflow through the mouth (near the palate), and all the airflow is exclusively …

Mar 1, 2021 · The historical reason for the gemination seen in Italian is the origin of the palatal nasal in the Latin heavy consonant cluster /gn/ or a /nj/ sequence. Both the nasal and palatal …