Voiced labial–velar approximant
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A voiced labial–velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in certain spoken languages, including English. It is the sound denoted by the letter Template:Angbr in the English alphabet;<ref>Template:Citation; see the examples on the fifth page.</ref> likewise, the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA, or rarely Template:IPA. In most languages it is the semivocalic counterpart of a close back rounded vowel Template:IPA. In inventory charts of languages with other labialized velar consonants, Template:IPA will be placed in the same column as those consonants. When consonant charts have only labial and velar columns, Template:IPA may be placed in the velar column, labial column, or both. The placement may have more to do with convenience or phonological criteria than with phonetics.Template:Sfnp
For a labialized post-palatal approximant sometimes described as a voiced labial–prevelar approximant, which is more fronted in the place of articulation than a prototypical labial–velar approximant, see labialized palatal approximant#Post-palatal.
Features
Features of a voiced labial–velar approximant:
Template:Approximant The type of approximant is glide or semivowel. The term glide emphasizes the characteristic of movement (or 'glide') of Template:IPA from the Template:IPA vowel position to a following vowel position. The term semivowel emphasizes that, although the sound is vocalic in nature, it is not 'syllabic' (it does not form the nucleus of a syllable). Template:Labiovelar Some languages, such as Japanese and perhaps the Northern Iroquoian languages, have a sound typically transcribed as Template:IPA where the lips are compressed (or at least not rounded), which is a true labial–velar (as opposed to labialized velar) consonant. Close transcriptions may avoid the symbol Template:IPA in such cases, or may use the under-rounding diacritic, Template:IPA. Template:Voiced Template:Oral Template:Central articulation Template:Pulmonic
Occurrence
Nasal
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A nasalized voiced labial–velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is typically Template:Angbr IPA (a nasalized Template:Angbr IPA), though for preciseness Template:Angbr IPA (a nasalized and labialized Template:Angbr IPA) may also be seen.
Features
Features of a nasal labial–velar approximant:
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Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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| Guaraní | Paraguayan<ref name="gug2020">Template:Cite book</ref> | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'in Guarani' | Allophone of Template:IPAslink in the digraph Template:Angbr, nasalized due to vowel-consonant harmony.<ref name="gug2020" /> |
| Kaingang<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:IPA | 'to see' | Possible word-initial realization of Template:IPAslink before a nasal vowel.<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | ||
| PolishTemplate:Citation needed | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'they are' | See Polish phonology | |
| Portuguese | Most dialects<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref><ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'saint', 'they are' | Allophone of Template:IPA after nasal vowels. See Portuguese phonology |
| Some dialects<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'smuggling', 'jobbery', 'stash' |
Non-syllabic allophone of Template:IPAslink between nasal sounds. | |
| Marathi | Template:Lang / Template:Transliteration | Template:IPA | 'doubt' | Anuswara (ṁ) preceding र (r), व (v), श (ś), ष (ṣ), स (s), ह (h) or ज्ञ (jñ/dnya) is rendered as 'w̃'. | |
| Seri | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'person' | Allophone of Template:IPAslink. | |
| Shipibo<ref name="val283">Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Lang<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:IPA | 'parrot' | Allophone of Template:IPA after nasal vowels.<ref name="val283"/> | |
| Telugu | Template:Lang / Template:Transliteration | Template:IPA | 'acid' | Common colloquial pronunciation of intervocalic and final m. May also be a Template:IPA.<ref>a study of telugu regional and social dialects: a prosodic analysis by j. venkateswara sastry</ref> | |
| Uwa | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'yellow' | ||
| Yoruba | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'they' | Allophone of Template:IPA before nasal vowels. | |
See also
Notes
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