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Palatalized

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softnounEasily giving way under pressure.
palatalnoun(phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.

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palatalnoun(phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.
softnounEasily giving way under pressure.
labialsnoun(linguistics, phonetics) A consonant articulated by the lips.
velarsnoun(phonetics) A sound articulated at the soft palate.
palatalisedNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of palatalized. [(phonetics, phonology) Having undergone palatalization.]
nasalized(phonetics) Articulated with air flowing through the nose and mouth simultaneously, for example the nasalized vowels of French [ɑ̃], [ɛ̃], [œ̃], [ɔ̃].
palatalizationnoun(phonology, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.
unaspirated(phonology) Not aspirated.
semivowelnoun(phonetics) A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.
fricativenoun(phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
velarnoun(phonetics) A sound articulated at the soft palate.
uvular(anatomy) Of or relating to the uvula.
intervocalicnoun(phonetics) Existing or occurring between vowels.
sonorantnoun(phonetics) A speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.
fricativesnoun(phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
palatalisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of palatalization. [(phonology, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.]
palatalsnoun(phonetics) A palatal consonant.
affricatesnoun(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.
affricatenoun(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.
geminated(phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled; geminate.

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