Voiced palatal plosive

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IPA – number	108
IPA – text	ɟ
IPA – image
Entity	ɟ
X-SAMPA	J\
Kirshenbaum	J
Sound sample (help·info)

The voiced palatal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɟ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is J\. The IPA symbol can be considered either a lowercase dotless j with a stroke or a turned lowercase letter f.

There are few languages with true palatal plosives. More commonly, the symbol <[ɟ]> is used to represent a palatalized or fronted voiced velar plosive, a voiced alveolopalatal affricate, or a voiced postalveolar affricate (for example in the Indic languages). This may be considered appropriate when the place of articulation needs to be specified, but the distinction between stop and affricate is not contrastive, and therefore of secondary importance.

Contents 1 Features 2 Occurrence 3 See also 4 References 5 Bibliography

[edit] Features

Features of the voiced palatal plosive:

• Its manner of articulation is plosive or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. However, there is a tendency for this sound to become a voiced postalveolar affricate.
• Its place of articulation is palatal which means it is articulated with the middle or back part of the tongue raised against the hard palate.
• Its phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
• It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
• It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
• The airstream mechanism is pulmonic egressive, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottis or the mouth.

[edit] Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Albanian		gjuha	[ˈɟuha]	'tongue'
Arabic[1]	Sudanese	example needed	--	--	Some dialects; corresponds to /dʒ/ in other varieties. See Arabic phonology
	Yemeni	example needed	--	--
Asu		[mbuɟi]		'goat'
Basque		anddere	[aɲɟeɾe]	'doll'
Catalan	Majorcan[2]	example needed	--	--	Corresponds to /g/ in other varieties. See Catalan phonology
Czech		dělám	[ɟɛlaːm]	'I do'	See Czech phonology
Dinka		jir	[ɟir]	'blunt'
Greek		μετάγγιση	[me̞ˈtaɲɟisi]	'transfusion	See Modern Greek phonology
Hungarian		gyám	[ɟaːm]	'guardian'	See Hungarian phonology
Irish		Gaeilge	[ˈgeːlʲɟə]	'Gaelic'	See Irish phonology
Latvian		ģimene	[ˈɟimene]	'family'
Macedonian		раѓање	[ˈraɟaɲɛ]	'birth'
Norwegian	northern dialects	fadder	[fɑɟːeɾ]	'godparent'	See Norwegian phonology
Occitan	Auvergnat	diguèt	[ɟiˈgɛ]	'said' (3rd pers. sing.)
	Limousin	dissèt	[ɟiˈʃɛ]
Slovak		ďaleký	[ˈɟaʎɛkiː]	'far'
Turkish		güne­ş	[ɟyˈneʃ]	'sun'	See Turkish phonology

[edit] See also

• List of phonetics topics

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Recasens, Daniel & Aina Espinosa (2005), "Articulatory, positional and coarticulatory characteristics for clear /l/ and dark /l/: evidence from two Catalan dialects", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 35 (1): 1-25
• Watson, Janet (2002), written at New York, The Phonology and Morphology of Arabic, Oxford University Press

Consonants (List, table)	See also: IPA, Vowels
Pulmonics Bila​bial Labio​dental Den​tal Alve​olar Post-​alve​olar Retro​flex Pal​a​tal Ve​lar Uvu​lar Pha​ryn​geal Epi​glot​tal Glot​tal Non-pulmonics and other symbols Nasals m ɱ n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ Clicks  ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ Plosives p b p̪ b̪ t̪ d̪ t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʡ ʔ Implo­­sives  ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ Fricatives  ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ Ejec­­tives  pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ sʼ Approximants  ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ Affricates  t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ t͡ʂ d͡ʐ t͡ɬ d͡ɮ p̪͡f Trills ʙ r • ʀ • Other laterals  ɺ • ɫ Flaps & Taps • ѵ ɾ ɽ • • Co-articulated fricatives  ɕ ʑ ɧ Lat. Fricatives ɬ ɮ • • • Co-articulated approximants  ʍ w ɥ Lat. Appr'mants l ɭ ʎ ʟ Co-articulated stops  k͡p ɡ͡b ŋ͡m
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