velaradjective
uk/ˈviː.lər/us/ˈviː.lɚ/specialized(of a consonant sound) made by the tongue touching the velum:
In English, /k/ and /g/ are examples of velar sounds.
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- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- bilabial
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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