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The labial-velar approximant 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]].
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===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|w]]
[[Category:Phonetic segments]]

Revision as of 02:59, 11 November 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.

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Labial-velar approximants in natlangs

English

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

Japanese

Voiced わ (wa) 私 /watasi/

Latin

Voiced v vīdī /wiːdiː/

Nahuatl

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

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