Palatal consonant

A palatal consonant is a consonant that is pronounced with the body (the middle part) of the tongue against the hard palate (which is the middle part of the roof of the mouth). There is only one palatal consonant in English which is , which is the sound for "y" in the English word "yes". The most common palatal consonant used in the world is .

Palatal consonant in IPA
These are the palatal consonants in the International Phonetic Alphabet:

 IPA Description Example Language Orthography IPA Meaning Image:Xsampa-J.png palatal nasal French agneau  lamb Image:Xsampa-c.png voiceless palatal plosive  Hungarian hattyú  swan Image:IPA 108.svg voiced palatal plosive Latvian ģimene  family Image:Xsampa-C2.png voiceless palatal fricative German nicht  not Image:Xsampa-jslash2.png voiced palatal fricative Spanish yema  egg yolk Image:Xsampa-j2.png palatal approximant English yes  yes Image:Xsampa-L2.png palatal lateral approximant Italian gli  the (masculine plural) Image:Xsampa-Jslash lessthan.png voiced palatal implosive  Swahili  hujambo   hello Image:Xsampa-equalsslash.png palatal click Nǁng ǂoo  man, male

Category:Consonants