Palatal Consonant in IPA
The palatal consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
| IPA | Description | Example | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning | ||
| palatal nasal | French | agneau | lamb | ||
| voiceless palatal stop | Hungarian | hattyú | swan | ||
| voiced palatal stop | Latvian | ģimene | family | ||
| voiceless palatal fricative | German | nicht | not | ||
| voiced palatal fricative | Spanish | yema | egg yolk | ||
| palatal approximant | English | yes | yes | ||
| palatal lateral approximant | Italian | gli | the (masculine plural) | ||
| voiced palatal implosive | Swahili | hujambo | hello | ||
| palatal click | Nǁng | ǂoo | man, male | ||
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