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Labial-palatal consonant

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Places of articulation
Labial
Bilabial
Labial-velar
Labial-alveolar
Labiodental
Coronal
Linguolabial
Interdental
Dental
Alveolar
Apical
Laminal
Postalveolar
Alveolo-palatal
Retroflex
Dorsal
Palatal
Labial-palatal
Velar
Uvular
Uvular-epiglottal
Radical
Pharyngeal
Epiglotto-pharyngeal
Epiglottal
Glottal
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In phonetics, the labialised palatal approximant is a consonant with two constrictions in the vocal tract: with the tongue on the palate, and rounded at the lips.

The labialised palatal approximant identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet is:

IPA Description Example
Language Orthography IPA Meaning
Xsampa-H.png labial-palatal approximant French lui i]

This sound is not a doubly articulated labial-palatal, but rather a rounded palatal, meaning that it has secondary labial articulation. This is consistent with it being the semivowel equivalent of [y], which is also has palatal articulation with secondary labialization.

The closest thing known to a doubly articulated labial-palatal consonant are the labial-postalveolar consonants of the Yelî Dnye language.

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