palatal
adjective
pal·a·tal
ˈpa-lə-tᵊl
1
a
: formed with some part of the tongue near or touching the hard palate of the roof of the mouth posterior to the ridge of bone behind the upper teeth
the \sh\ and \y\ in English and the \ḵ\ of ich \iḵ\ in German are examples of palatal consonants
b
of a vowel
: front sense 2
2
: of, relating to, forming, or affecting the palate
palatal
noun
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