There is a fairly clear theoretical distinction between the IPA phones [ɲ, ʎ], which are canonically defined as "pure" palatal sounds, and [nʲ, lʲ], which indicate alveolar or dental primary …

palatal vs. alveolo-palatal is not a contrast in any language. Retroflex palatal (and retroflex non-palatal) are [supposedly] present in Polish in addition/contrast with alveolo-palatal. Typical …

Oct 13, 2020 · The "officially" voiceless alveolar-palatine affricate does not exist in English. But I can clearly hear it in the sentence "Ouch that hurt" (when the …

Apr 7, 2023 · The sequence palatal velar + u̯/w is not common, but it does pop up here and there, most notably in *h₁ék̑u̯os ‘horse’ and *k̑u̯ō(n) ‘dog’. In the branches where palatovelars …

Jun 26, 2017 · Russians seem to feel (e.g. the answers and comments to this question or this question or this one) that there is a large difference between sounds produced via …

Sep 8, 2018 · Addressing the point that "online all recordings I can find over alveolo-palatal fricatives sound relatively the same", there are two problems in auditorily distinguishing such …

The pure palatal segments [ɕ] and [ʑ] have a constant alveolo-palatal place of articulation. The palatalized alveolar segments [sʲ] and [zʲ] have alveolar articulation with a palatal release. The …

Nov 30, 2021 · It seems to me that high voles like i would more naturally follow alveolo-palatal consonants because the need to "spread the lips" (in the popular description of the latter) …

Jan 11, 2023 · Instead, since coronal, palatal and velar sounds are all articulated with somewhat similar areas of the tongue, "palatalization" of [t] or [k] tends to result in the sound being …

If you are looking for languages with palatal as a place of articulation (but excluding the glide [j] which is real common), there are some: much of Nilotic, Akan, Basque, many Uralic …