Palatal fricative explained
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, pronounced as /[ç]/ acts as an allophone for /hj/,[2] [3] and some loanwords may start with pronounced as /[ʝ]/.[1]
Phonemic palatal fricatives are decently rare, especially the voiced palatal fricative. They occur more often as allophones (such as in German, where [ç] is an allophone of the voiceless velar fricative after consonants and front vowels[4]), or as alternative realizations of the voiced palatal approximant.
References
pronounced as /navigation/
Notes and References
- Book: Fromkin, Victoria. An introduction to language. Rodman, Robert, Hyams, Nina, 1952-. January 2018. 978-1-337-55957-7. Eleventh. Boston, MA. 1043382090.
- Book: Cox, Felicity . Fletcher . Janet . Australian English pronunciation and transcription . Cambridge University Press . Port Melbourne, Vic. . 2017 . 978-1-316-63926-9 . 974647851. p. 159
- Book: Roach, Peter . English phonetics and phonology : a practical course . Cambridge . 2009 . 978-0-521-71740-3 . 268793192. p. 43
- Book: Benware, Wilbur A . Phonetics and phonology of modern German: an introduction . Georgetown University Press . Washington, D.C. . 1986 . 978-0-87840-193-2. p. 42
