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palatal

palatal

8.6
Made by the front of the tongue near the roof of the mouth, for example the y in yes
  • adjective
  • /ˈpælətəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : palatal
  • The children practiced saying words with palatal sounds to improve their pronunciation.
  • palatal stops
  • palatal consonants
  • palatal nasal

Examples

  • Children with middorsum palatal stops were found to have restricted anterior relative to posterior maxillary arch width.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The present study determined maxillary arch dimensions of children with repaired CLP who produced middorsum palatal stops.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Barrutia and Schwegler have recently reported on a type of palatal spreading in modern Spanish:

    Academic text (1998)
  • As noted in the literature review, there is limited spectral information on middorsum palatal stops.

    Academic text (2012)
  • A secondary purpose of the study was to describe some spectral characteristics of middorsum palatal stops.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Moreover, the middle radicals are also related in that both are unvoiced palatal fricatives.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Thus, articulation therapy for middorsum palatal stops may have a secondary benefit relative to resonance.

    Academic text (2012)
  • However, as mentioned earlier, Castilian did not tolerate syllable-final palatal consonants.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The palatal sound 'y' in 'yes' is produced by raising the tongue towards the hard palate.

  • In phonetics, a palatal consonant occurs when the tongue touches the roof of the mouth.

Synonyms

palatalized
vspalatal
  • Specialized
9.9

Pronounced with the front of the tongue near the roof of the mouth, like the 'y' in 'yes'

has identical meaning but appears as a different term or form in usage

Surface Forms

palatal positive

Morphology

palatal = palate (semi-transparent) = palate + al

The sound-related sense is derived from 'palate', but the phonetic technical meaning is specialized and not fully guessable from the parts alone.

Etymology

Palatal comes from the Latin palatum meaning 'palate', and it names sounds made with the front of the tongue near the roof of the mouth, like the 'y' in 'yes'.