palatalized

Speech parts

1. palatalized - Adjective

2. palatalized - Verb

3. palatalized - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')

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Examples

An areal feature of the Pacific Northwest coast is that historical *k became palatalized in many languages. Source: Internet

Digraphs Syllables beginning with palatalized consonants are spelled with one of the seven consonantal kana from the i row followed by small ya, yu or yo. Source: Internet

Before PIE i, consonants other than dentals are not necessarily palatalized (researchers differ on what exactly happened); this is indicated as (+). Source: Internet

Furthermore, "for perfect rhyme a palatalized consonant may be balanced only by a palatalized consonant and a velarized consonant by a velarized one." Source: Internet

In some cases this /j/ came from a consonant palatalized by an adjoining consonant after the late loss of a separating vowel. Source: Internet

It may be that palatalized consonants before vowels other than i developed in Japanese as a result of Chinese borrowings, as they are virtually unknown in words of native Japanese origin, but are common in Chinese. Source: Internet

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