palatal

What does palatal mean?

• adjective

  relating to or lying near the palate

• adjective

  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')

• noun

  a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')

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