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| [[Phonological feature]]s: || [+approximant] <br>
[+sonorant] <br>
[+contin-artic] <br>
[+contin-acous] <br>
[+delayed release] <br>
[+voice] <br>
'''[+<small>LABIAL</small>]''' <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;[+round] <br>
'''[+<small>DORSAL</small>]''' <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;[+high] <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;[+back] <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;[+tense]
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The velar nasal is a very common sound cross-linguistically. It is a semi-vowel, and can be considered a consonantal version of the vowel [[High back rounded vowel|u]].
The labial-velar approximant is a semi-vowel, and can be considered a consonantal version of the vowel [[High back rounded vowel|u]]. It's voiceless equivalent is [[Voiceless labial-velar fricative|/ʍ/]]


===Velar nasals in natlangs===
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===Labial-velar approximants in natlangs===
'''[[English]]'''
'''[[English]]'''
{|
{|
| Voiced || w || win /wɪn/
| Voiced || w || win /wɪn/
|-
|-
| Unvoiced || (p,t,k)w; (q)u || twin /twɪn/ [tw̥ɪn]
| Unvoiced [[Voiceless Labial-Velar Approximate|ʍ]] || (p,t,k)w; (q)u || twin /twɪn/ [t[[Voiceless Labial-Velar Approximate|ʍ]]ɪn]
|}
The sound was originally Ƿ (wynn) which comes from the [[Runic]].
 
'''[[Japanese]]'''
{|
| Voiced || わ (wa) || 私 /watasi/
|}
'''[[Old Norse]]'''
{|
| Voiced || v || Vikingr /wikiŋgr/
|}
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'''[[Nahuatl]]'''
{|
| Voiced || hu, uh || cihuātl /siwaːtɬ/
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| || (c)u, u(c) || cuīca /kwiːka/
|}
===Labial-velar approximants in conlangs===
'''[[Klingon]]'''
{|
| Voiced || <font face="Code2000"></font> (w) || <font face="Code2000"></font> (wab) /wab/
===See Also===
===See Also===
*[[Voiceless labial-velar fricative|Voiceless labial-velar fricative - ʍ]]
*[[Voiceless labial-velar fricative|Voiceless labial-velar fricative - ʍ]]
*[[Palatal approximant|Palatal approximant - j]]
*[[Palatal approximant|Palatal approximant - j]]
[[Category:Phonetic segments|w]]

Latest revision as of 09:58, 28 May 2008

w
Pulmonic Consonant
IPA: w
X-SAMPA: w
Kirshenbaum: w
Place of Articulation: Labial-velar
Manner of Articulation: Approximant
Phonological features: [+approximant]

[+sonorant]
[+contin-artic]
[+contin-acous]
[+delayed release]
[+voice]
[+LABIAL]
  [+round]
[+DORSAL]
  [+high]
  [+back]
  [+tense]

The labial-velar approximant is a semi-vowel, and can be considered a consonantal version of the vowel u. It's voiceless equivalent is /ʍ/

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Labial-velar approximants in natlangs

English

Voiced w win /wɪn/
Unvoiced ʍ (p,t,k)w; (q)u twin /twɪn/ [tʍɪn]

The sound was originally Ƿ (wynn) which comes from the Runic.

Japanese

Voiced わ (wa) 私 /watasi/

Old Norse

Voiced v Vikingr /wikiŋgr/

Latin

Voiced v vīdī /wiːdiː/

Nahuatl

Voiced hu, uh cihuātl /siwaːtɬ/
(c)u, u(c) cuīca /kwiːka/

Labial-velar approximants in conlangs

Klingon

Voiced (w)  (wab) /wab/

See Also