velar approximant

The velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.

In addition, Tiwi has a velar approximant, which is somewhat unusual for an Australian language.

Features of the velar approximant:

This may be partially due to the fact there is only a dedicated IPA symbol for one of them, the velar approximant.

In most languages it is a 'labialized velar approximant' (), and the semivowel counterpart of the close back rounded vowel .

Some people never learn to produce it correctly and substitute other sounds, like a velar approximant or uvular approximant (such as the interviewer Barbara Walters).

The phonetic rule by which the consonant /m/ is pronounced as a nasalized velar approximant in this context (after a velar stop) may not have come about until sometime in the mid twentieth century.

The tilde also marks nasality in the case of G /g , used to represent the nasalized velar approximant by combining the velar approximant "G" with the nasalising tilde.

Features of the voiced labialized velar approximant: 'The Weatherman's Dumb Stupid Come-Out Line' was the third volume in the 'Over the Edge' series, which distills the best material from Negativland's radio program Over the Edge (radio), broadcast on KPFA.