Questions tagged [velar]
Sounds produced using the soft palate further back on the roof of the mouth as the place of articulation.
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Is there a region in which velarized L is the primary (and sole) articulation? Or is it indicative of an articulation disorder?
Listening to Ira Glass the other day, I noticed his 'l', to my ears, sounds exclusively velar with little to no dental component. Here's a clip (he says the word "like" a couple times in ...
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How can the continuum s-sʲ-ç-ɕ-ʃ-ʂ be described in technical terms?
To me, it seems clear that there is a continuum between this group of sounds, as all of them (apart from ç, which I will touch on later in the post) are sibilants, and the only difference between them ...
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Does any living language contrast /kʷ/ and /kw/?
Does any living language contrast /kʷ/ and /kw/?
If yes, is there a way I can hear a minimal pair spoken?
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Pronouncing h as /x/? [closed]
I am curious about phonics and wonder if pronouncing the /h/ sound as /x/ would be distinguishable. This is basically turning a k into a fricative, and this is basically h fronting.
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Is the difference between a labialized consonant [ʷ] and a consonant followed by a [w] audible?
Labio-velarization is a feature of accents of Kabyle in some area(s). For example, the word aseggas could be both pronounced [asəɡɡas] or [asəɡɡʷas].
I think there is a difference between hearing [ʷ] ...
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Why do English transliterations of Arabic names have so many Qs in them?
I remember when the Muslim holy book was the Koran when I was in middle school, but now it's the Quran. But it's always been Qatar and Iraq (but still Kuwait.)
Who decided that 'Q' was going to be ...
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Anglicisation of the voiceless velar fricative [x]
The voiceless velar fricative [x] is present in the English word yech, and sometimes loch, but is often enunciated as [h] or [k] when English speakers pronounce calques or foreign names.
Is [h] or [k]...
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When does the voiceless velar fricative, [x], undergo voicing?
The voiceless velar fricative, [x], appears as ⟨ch⟩ in Polish. Apparently, [x] undergoes voicing and becomes [ɣ] under certain circumstances:
Voiceless obstruents are voiced (/x/ becoming [ɣ], etc.)...
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Can the voiceless velar fricative, [x], be represented in Japanese?
I was specifically thinking of whether the voiceless velar fricative [x] as in Polish could be represented in Japanese, but [x] would be the same or very similar in every language which contains it, ...
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What is the nature of the voiceless velar fricative, [x], in Polish?
My surname is Cuch. Though I don't know much about Polish, I assume that this derives from the Polish word for chain, łańcuch. I pronounce my name as I've been briefly told by relatives: /tsux/ in the ...
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Can you see movements of your own velum as you articulate?
This questions concerns the velum for phonetics. I am trying to control my velum and especially to billow it or curve it like a dome, per the 3 minutes and 45 seconds juncture of this Youtube video. ...
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Are there Tai languages (or Tai-Kadai) which have a voiced velar stop phoneme?
Thai and Lao each have three series of stops, unvoiced unaspirated, aspirated, and voiced.
For labials and alveolars, all three exist, but for velars there is no voiced stop.
Is this the case for ...
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What is the difference between velar and ejective stops?
What is the difference between the velar stop [kʰ] and the ejective [k̛ ]? And how are they pronounced?
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Does [t] become [g] due to anticipatory assimilation?
In this particular rule [t] -> [g]/_ V [+velar] (because of anticipatory assimilation)
I'm unsure of how to actually write this in the most efficient way.
I want to know that if [t] changes to [g] ...
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What evidence supports labialized velars in PIE?
Traditional reconstruction gives the following velars in PIE:
*/ḱ/, */ǵ/, */ǵʰ/
*/k/, */g/, */gʰ/
*/kʷ/, */gʷ/, */gʷʰ/
I wonder what evidence is there to consider velars */kʷ/, */gʷ/, */gʷʰ/ ...
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What exactly does 'post-velar' refer to?
It seems post-velar usually refers to a uvular place of articulation. In the wiki of the Americanist phonetic notation, they are listed as synonyms.
But sometimes the term seems to mean 'everything ...
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Are there languages in which two or all three of /χ/, /x/, and /ç/ are opposed as distinct phonemes?
These (and some others) are all quite similar raspy sounds to most ears and by features other than place of articulation:
[χ] unvoiced uvular fricative
[x] unvoiced velar fricative
[ç] unvoiced ...
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