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  2. Semivowel - Wikipedia

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    It is unusual for a language to contrast a semivowel and a diphthong containing an equivalent vowel, [citation needed] but Romanian contrasts the diphthong /e̯a/ with /ja/, a perceptually similar approximant-vowel sequence. The diphthong is analyzed as a single segment, and the approximant-vowel sequence is analyzed as two separate segments.

  3. Voiced palatal approximant - Wikipedia

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    [ʝ̞] and [j] are two different segments, but they have to be labelled as voiced palatal approximant consonants. I think that the former is a real consonant, whereas the latter is a semi-consonant, as it has traditionally been called in Spanish, or a semi-vowel, if preferred. The IPA, though, classifies it as a consonant."

  4. Approximant - Wikipedia

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    One is in the Korean diphthong [ȷ̈i] or [ɨ̯i] [22] though it is more frequently analyzed as velar (as in the table above), and Mapudungun may be another, with three high vowel sounds, /i/, /u/, /ɨ/ and three corresponding consonants, /j/, and /w/, and a third one is often described as a non-labialized voiced velar fricative; some texts ...

  5. Voiced labial–palatal approximant - Wikipedia

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    However, the compression of the lips can be shown with the letter β̞ as j͡β̞ (simultaneous [j] and labial compression) or jᵝ ([j] modified with labial compression). The spread-lip diacritic ͍ may also be used with a labialized approximant letter ɥ͍ as an ad hoc symbol, though technically 'spread' means unrounded.

  6. Sonorant - Wikipedia

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    One European language with voiceless sonorants is Welsh. Its phonology contains a phonemic voiceless alveolar trill /r̥/ , along with three voiceless nasals: velar, alveolar and labial. Another European language with voiceless sonorants is Icelandic , with [l̥ r̥ n̥ m̥ ɲ̊ ŋ̊] for the corresponding voiced sonorants [l r n m ɲ ŋ].

  7. International Phonetic Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The official chart of the IPA, revised in 2020. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script.It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standard written representation for the sounds of speech. [1]

  8. Yodh - Wikipedia

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    When adjacent to another vowel, or another yod, may be distinguished from by the addition of a dot below. Thus the word Yidish 'Yiddish' is spelled ייִדיש. The first yod represents [j]; the second yod represents [i] and is distinguished from the adjacent [j] by a dot; the third yod represents [i] as well, but no dot is necessary.

  9. SAMPA chart - Wikipedia

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    open-mid back unrounded vowel: RP and US English run, enough: A: ɑ: open back unrounded vowel: English arm, US English law, Canadian French âme, Finnish alku: u: u: close back rounded vowel: English soon, Spanish tú, French goût, German Hut, Italian tutto: U: ʊ: near-close back rounded vowel: English put, (non-US)Buddhist, German Mutter: o ...