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| Plain || j (except next to back vowels), gi, ge || gente, jefe, genio /çɛnte çɛfe çenio/
| Plain || gi, ge, j (except next to back vowels),|| gente, jefe, genio /çɛnte çɛfe çenio/
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===Palatal fricatives in conlangs===
===Palatal fricatives in conlangs===

Revision as of 04:05, 19 July 2008

ç
Pulmonic Consonant
IPA: ç
X-SAMPA: C
Kirshenbaum: C
Place of Articulation: Palatal
Manner of Articulation: Fricative (sibilant)
Phonological features:

[+consonantal]
[+contin-artic]
[+contin-acous]
[+delayed release]
[+CORONAL]
  [+distributed]
[+DORSAL]
  [+high]
  [+front]

The voiceless palatal fricative can be considered an unvoiced j. It often arises from a hj cluster. It is often part of a voiceless palatal affricate.

Palatal fricatives in natlangs

Modern English

Plain h(u) huge, /hjudʒ/ [çuːd͡ʒ]

Japanese

Plain ひ(ゃ,ゅ,ょ) (hy(a,u,o)) 百, /hyaku/, [çakɯ]

High German

Plain ch (except next to back vowels) Ich, Mädchen, möchten /ɪç metçən møçtən/

Spanish

Plain gi, ge, j (except next to back vowels), gente, jefe, genio /çɛnte çɛfe çenio/

Palatal fricatives in conlangs

Atlantic

Plain Kirumb-small-letter-saadi.png (sy) syel, /çèl/
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