Labial-velar approximant: Difference between revisions

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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]].


===Labial-velar approximants in natlangs===
===Labial-velar approximants in natlangs===
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*[[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]]

Revision as of 22:08, 16 October 2004

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.

Labial-velar approximants in natlangs

English

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

Latin

Voiced v vīdī /wiːdiː/

See Also