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A palatal fricative is a type of fricative consonant that is also a palatal consonant. The two main types of palatal fricatives are:
They are produced with the friction of the dorsum of the tongue against the hard palate. In some dialects of English, acts as an allophone for /hj/, and some loanwords may start with .
Phonemic palatal fricatives are decently rare, especially the voiced palatal fricative. They occur more often as allophones (such as in German, where is an allophone of the voiceless velar fricative after consonants and front vowels), or as alternative realizations of the voiced palatal approximant.
References
- ^ Fromkin, Victoria (January 2018). An introduction to language. Rodman, Robert, Hyams, Nina, 1952- (Eleventh ed.). Boston, MA. ISBN 978-1-337-55957-7. OCLC 1043382090.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Cox, Felicity; Fletcher, Janet (2017). Australian English pronunciation and transcription. Port Melbourne, Vic.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-63926-9. OCLC 974647851. p. 159
- Roach, Peter (2009). English phonetics and phonology : a practical course. Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-521-71740-3. OCLC 268793192.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) p. 43 - Wells, John C (2009-01-29), "A huge query", John Wells's phonetic blog, retrieved 2016-03-13
- Benware, Wilbur A (1986). Phonetics and phonology of modern German: an introduction. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-0-87840-193-2. p. 42
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