velar
Soft palate consonant
Velar describes sounds made with the back of the tongue against the soft palate—the velum.
In English, the sounds represented by k, g, and ng are velar consonants.
The term appears in linguistics and phonetics: The word "king" begins and ends with velar sounds.
articulation
Soft palate pendant
- soft palateFlexible rear mouth roof
- dorsumAnatomical upper surface
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- constrictionTightening or narrowing action
oral cavity · pharynx · nasalization · airflow · occlusion · release · aspiration · manner
consonants
Greek alphabet's tenth
phonology
Absorbing into a whole
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- deletionRemoval of content
- insertionPlacing something within
- neutralizationCanceling opposing forces
uvula
Soft palate pendant
- soft palateFlexible rear mouth roof
- dorsumAnatomical upper surface
- closureSense of emotional resolution
constriction · oral cavity · pharynx · nasalization · airflow · occlusion · release · aspiration · manner · voicing
kappa
Greek alphabet's tenth
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
neutralization · contrast · distribution · complementary · underlying form