Palatal fricative

A palatal fricative is a type of fricative consonant that is also a palatal consonant. The two main types of palatal fricatives are:

They are produced with the friction of the dorsum of the tongue against the hard palate.[1] In some dialects of English, [ç] acts as an allophone for /hj/,[2][3][4] and some loanwords may start with [ʝ].[1]

Phonemic palatal fricatives are decently rare, especially the voiced palatal fricative. They occur more often as allophones, as in German's velar fricatives next to /i/ or /y/, or as alternative realizations of the voiced palatal approximant.

References
  1. Fromkin, Victoria (January 2018). An introduction to language. Rodman, Robert, Hyams, Nina, 1952- (Eleventh ed.). Boston, MA. ISBN 978-1-337-55957-7. OCLC 1043382090.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Cox, Felicity; Fletcher, Janet (2017). Australian English pronunciation and transcription. Port Melbourne, Vic.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-63926-9. OCLC 974647851. p. 159
  3. Roach, Peter (2009). English phonetics and phonology : a practical course. Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-521-71740-3. OCLC 268793192.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) p. 43
  4. Wells, John C (2009-01-29), "A huge query", John Wells's phonetic blog, retrieved 2016-03-13


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