Labial-velar approximant: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:08, 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.

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

Voiced

v

vīdī /wiːdiː/

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 |-
 | Manner of Articulation: || [[Approximant]]
+|-
+| [[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]
 |}
-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===
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 *[[Voiceless labial-velar fricative|Voiceless labial-velar fricative - ʍ]]
 *[[Palatal approximant|Palatal approximant - j]]
+[[Category:Phonetic segments]]