Category
page 1Velar consonants
velar consonant
consonant articulated with the back part of the tongue
voiced velar nasal
consonantal sound
voiced velar fricative
consonantal sound
voiceless velar fricative
consonantal sound
voiceless velar stop
consonantal sound
voiced velar stop
consonantal sound
voiced velar approximant
consonantal sound
voiced velar lateral approximant
consonantal sound
velarization
Velarization or velarisation is a secondary articulation of consonants by which the back of the tongue is raised toward the velum during the articulation of the consonant.
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, velarization is transcribed by one of four diacritics:
A tilde or swung dash through the letter covers velarization, uvularization and pharyngealization, as in (the velarized equivalent of )
A superscript Latin gamma after the letter standing for the velarized consonant, as in (a velarized )
To distinguish velarization from a velar fricative release, may be used instead of , as in
A s
voiceless labio-velar approximant
consonantal sound
velar ejective
consonantal sound
voiceless velar affricate
consonantal sound
voiced velar affricate
consonantal sound
voiceless velar nasal
consonantal sound
voiceless velar lateral fricative
consonantal sound
voiced velar lateral fricative
consonantal sound
voiceless velar lateral affricate
consonantal sound
voiced velar lateral affricate
consonantal sound
velar ejective affricate
consonantal sound
velar ejective fricative
consonantal sound
voiceless velar implosive
consonantal sound
labio-velar consonant
velar consonant that is labialized, with a /w/-like secondary articulation, such as [kʷ, ɡʷ, xʷ, ɣʷ, ŋʷ]
velar lateral ejective affricate
consonantal sound
back-released velar click
consonantal sound