Palatalization (phonetics)
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This article is about the phonetic feature. For the sound change, see Palatalization (sound change).
In phonetics, palatalization (/ˌpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, US also /-lɪ-/) or palatization is a way of pronouncing a consonant in which part of the tongue is moved close to the hard palate. Consonants pronounced this way are said to be palatalized and are transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet by affixing the letter ⟨ʲ⟩ to the base consonant. Palatalization is not phonemic in English, but it is in Slavic languages such as Russian and Ukrainian, Finnic languages such as Estonian and Võro, as well as in other languages such as Irish, Marshallese, and Kashmiri.
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Quick Facts Palatalized, ◌ʲ ...
Palatalized | |
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◌ʲ | |
IPA Number | 421 |
Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) | ʲ |
Unicode (hex) | U+02B2 |
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