1. adj. Pertaining to the palate. 2. adj. (of a segment) Articulated with some part of the tongue (usually the front) raised towards the palate. 3. n. A segment so articulated, such as [c], [j], [ŋ] or [A]. Sometimes this label is applied loosely...

Speech sound classified according to its place of articulation (hard palate), e.g. [j] in [jεs] yes and in Ital. bagno ‘bath.’ ( also articulatory phonetics, palato-alveolar, phonetics)...

n. A label commonly applied to the phonological prime {i} or I in various privative theories of phonology, especially Dependency Phonology. Cf. gravity,...

Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth). Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate are called retroflex. The most...