Voiceless labial–palatal fricative explained

Above:	Voiceless labialized palatal fricative
Ipa Symbol:	ɥ̊
Ipa Symbol2:	ɸ͡ç

The voiceless labial–palatal fricative or approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in a few spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|ɥ̊) or (IPA|ɸ͡ç).^[1] The former - more accurately the voiceless labialized palatal fricative by those who consider it to be a fricative - is the voiceless counterpart of the voiced labial–palatal approximant. Other linguists posit voiceless approximants distinct from voiceless fricatives; to them, pronounced as /[ɥ̊]/ is a voiceless labialized palatal approximant.

Features

The place of articulation of pronounced as /[ɥ̊]/ is palatal; it is also labialized.^[2] The place of articulation of pronounced as /[ɸ͡ç]/ is palatal and bilabial.

Occurrence

Language			Meaning	Notes
		[i ˈɥ̊izin]	'her kitchen'	Described as a fricative, and as a realisation of the sequence /hɥ/.
				Described as an approximant. Contrasts with the voiced pronounced as //ɥ//. Not protruded.
Kham	Gamale Kham	pronounced as /[ɥ̊ɐ]/	'monkey'	Described as an approximant. Contrasts with the voiced pronounced as //ɥ//.

References

- - - Humphreys . Humphrey Lloyd . Les sonantes fortes dans le parler haut-cornouaillais de Bothoa (Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem, Côtes-du-Nord) . Études celtiques . 1972 . 13 . 1 . 259-274 .

External links

pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

Patricia Ashby (2013) Speech Sounds. Routledge. 2nd edition, p. 82, 116
Florence Abena Dolphyne (1988) The Akan (Twi-Fante) Language: Its Sound Systems and Tonal Structure, p.44