| Velar Approximant |
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The velar approximant is a type of Consonant al sound, used in some Spoken Language s. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is M\. FEATURES Features of the velar approximant:
IN ENGLISH English does not have the velar approximant. However, it does have the similar '' Labial-velar Approximant '' [w]. [w] has two places of articulation, Labial and Velar , whereas has only one, velar. To give some idea of how to pronounce , try to make a "w" sound without the labial articulation, that is, without bringing the lips together. IN OTHER LANGUAGES Cherokee Cherokee has as a phoneme, although it is sometimes realized as its Allophone {Link without Title} . It is usually Romanized as "w". In the Cherokee Syllabary , it occurs in the following syllables: Ꮹ ''wa'', Ꮺ ''we'', Ꮻ ''wi'', Ꮼ ''wo'', Ꮽ ''wu'', Ꮾ ''wv'' (). Spanish Spanish has as an allophone of , which is only realised as initially or after Nasals , and as elsewhere (compare ''gato'' with ''el gato'' ). French French has as an allophone of before a vowel, like in ''ta gueule'' . SEE ALSO |
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