Voiced labial–palatal approximant
| Voiced labial–palatal approximant | |
|---|---|
| ɥ | |
| IPA number | 171 |
| Encoding | |
| Entity (decimal) | ɥ |
| Unicode (hex) | U+0265 |
| X-SAMPA | H |
The labialized palatal approximant, also called the labial–palatal or labio-palatal approximant, is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It has two constrictions in the vocal tract: with the tongue on the palate, and rounded at the lips. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɥ, a rotated lowercase letter ⟨h⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is H. It is a labialized [j] (also transcribable as [jʷ]), and the semivocalic counterpart of the close front rounded vowel [y].
Features
Features of the labial-palatal approximant:
- Its manner of articulation is approximant, which means it is produced by narrowing the vocal tract at the place of articulation, but not enough to produce a turbulent airstream.
- Its place of articulation is called labio-palatal, which means it is labialized palatal, accomplished by raising the body of the tongue toward the palate while rounding the lips.
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | ауаҩы | [awaˈɥə] | 'human' | See Abkhaz phonology | |
| Chinese | Mandarin | [[[Chinese characters|月]]] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-cmn-Hani (help)/[[[Pinyin|yuè]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [ɥœ˥˩] | 'moon' | See Mandarin phonology |
| Korean | [[[Hangul|사귀어줄래?]]] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized script: kang for code: ko (help)/[[[Revised Romanization of Korean|sagwieojulae?]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | [sagɥʌdʒule] | 'would you be my boyfriend/girlfriend?' | See Korean phonology | |
| French | [[[French orthography|bonne nuit]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | ⓘ | 'good night' | See French phonology | |
See also
References
- Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19815-6.
