Back Palataler Approximant ALS غاري شبه صامت Arabic Звучна небна приблизителна съгласна Bulgarian Kensonenn staon dre dostaat Breton Aproximant mediopalatal sonora Catalan Palatální aproximanta Czech Stimmhafter palataler Approximant German Aproximante palatal sonora Spanish Hurbilkari sabaikari ahostun Basque Consonne spirante palatale voisée French
| Voiced palatal approximant | |
|---|---|
| j | |
| IPA Number | 153 |
| Audio sample | |
| Encoding | |
| Entity (decimal) | j |
| Unicode (hex) | U+006A |
| X-SAMPA | j |
| Braille |  |
| Voiced alveolo-palatal approximant | |
|---|---|
| j˖ |
The voiced palatal approximant is a type of consonant used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨j⟩. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j, and in the Americanist phonetic notation it is ⟨y⟩. Because the English name of the letter J, jay, starts with [dʒ] (voiced postalveolar affricate), the approximant is sometimes instead called yod (jod), as in the phonological history terms yod-dropping and yod-coalescence.
The palatal approximant can often be considered the semivocalic equivalent of the close front unrounded vowel [i]. They alternate with each other in certain languages, such as French, and in the diphthongs of some languages as ⟨j⟩ and ⟨i̯⟩, with the non-syllabic diacritic used in different phonetic transcription systems to represent the same sound.
A voiced alveolo-palatal approximant is attested as phonemic in the Huastec language,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] and is represented as an advanced voiced palatal approximant ⟨j̟⟩,[8][3] or the plus sign may be placed after the letter, ⟨j˖⟩.
- ^ Larsen, R.S.; Pike, E.V. (1949). "Huasteco Intonations and Phonemes". Language. 25: 268–27. doi:10.2307/410088. JSTOR 410088.
- ^ Ochoa Peralta, María Angela (1984). El idioma huasteco de Xiloxuchil, Veracruz. México: Instituto Nacional de Antropolog'ia e Historia. pp. 33–34.
SEMIVOCAL ALVEOPALATAL SONORA Tiene dos alófonos: [y] semivocal alveopalatal sonora, y [Y] semivocal alveopalatal sorda.
- ^ a b "UPSID HUASTECO". web.phonetik.uni-frankfurt.de. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
voiced palato-alveolar approximant
- ^ "Simple UPSID interface". web.phonetik.uni-frankfurt.de. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^ Maddieson, Ian. Pattern of Sounds. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Maddieson, Ian; Precoda, Kristin (1990). Updating UPSID. Vol. 74. Department of Linguistics, UCLA. pp. 104–111.
- ^ Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Huastec sound inventory (UPSID)". UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
j̟
- ^ "PHOIBLE 2.0 - Consonant j̟". phoible.org. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
j̟