Ерінді-тілді жуан дауысты түсініктер

Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɥ⟩ in IPA
consonants followed by superscript ᶣ

The voiced labial–palatal (or labio palatal) approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It has two constrictions in the vocal tract: with the tongue on the palate, and rounded at the lips. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , a rotated lowercase letter , or occasionally , which indicates with a different kind of rounding. The labial–palatal approximant can in many cases be considered the semivocalic equivalent of the close front rounded vowel They alternate with each other in certain languages, such as French, and in the diphthongs of some languages, and with the non syllabic diacritic are used in different transcription systems to represent the same sound. Sometimes, is written in place of , even though the former symbol denotes an extra short in the official IPA. Some languages, though, have a palatal approximant that is unspecified for rounding, and therefore cannot be considered the semivocalic equivalent of either or its unrounded counterpart An example of such language is Spanish, in which the labialized palatal approximant (not a semivowel) appears allophonically with rounded vowels in words such as ayuda 'help'. According to some sources, it is not correct to transcribe this with the symbol , which has a different kind of rounding, or with , which implies spread lips; the only suitable transcription is See palatal approximant for more information. There is also the labialized postpalatal approximant in some languages, which is articulated slightly more back compared with the place of articulation of the prototypical labialized palatal approximant, though not as back as the prototypical labialized velar approximant. It can be considered the semivocalic equivalent of the close central rounded vowel The International Phonetic Alphabet does not have a separate symbol for that sound, though it can be transcribed as or (both symbols denote a retracted ), (centralized ), (advanced ) or (centralized ). The equivalent X SAMPA symbols are H o, H ", w + and w ", respectively. Other possible transcriptions include a centralized and labialized ( in the IPA, j " w in X SAMPA) and a non syllabic ( in the IPA, } ^ in X SAMPA). Especially in broad transcription, the labialized postpalatal approximant may be transcribed as a palatalized and labialized velar approximant ( in the IPA, w' or w j in X SAMPA).

The compressed palatal approximant is typically transcribed in IPA simply as , and that is the convention used in this article. There is no dedicated diacritic for compression in the IPA. However, the compression of the lips can be shown with the letter as (simultaneous and labial compression) or ( modified with labial compression). The spread lip diacritic may also be used with a labialized approximant letter as an ad hoc symbol, though technically 'spread' means unrounded. The compressed post palatal approximant can be transcribed simply as (centralized ), and that is the convention used in this article. Other possible transcriptions include (centralized modified with labial compression) and (centralized with the spread lip diacritic).

Because the labialized palatal approximant is assumed to have compression, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some examples in the table below may actually have protrusion. Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Abkhaz ауаҩы 'human' See Abkhaz phonology Chinese Mandarin [[Chinese characters / [[Pinyin 'moon' See Mandarin phonology Shanghainese [[Chinese characters/yoq 'bath' Allophone of before rounded vowels. EnglishBay Islandswill'will'Allophone of or that only occurs before /i/ or /ɪ/. See Bay Islands English#Phonology. French [[French orthography 'to harm' Merges with or in Belgian French. See French phonology Iaai vëk 'four' Contrasts with the voiceless KhamGamale Kham[[Devanāgarī'husband' Korean Gyeonggi [[Hangul / [[Revised Romanization of Korean 'Take it easy' Only occurs before See Korean phonology Kurdish [[Kurdish phonology 'back' See Kurdish phonology Norwegian Urban East [[Norwegian alphabet 'dualism' Post palatal; appears prevocalically after the compressed close vowels May be transcribed with or simply See Norwegian phonology Shipibo Allophone of before Only lightly labialized. Swedish Central Standard [[Swedish orthography 'ugly' Non syllabic element of the common diphthongal realization of ; can be a fricative instead. Palatal in the Central Standard variety, post palatal in some other varieties. See Swedish phonology Upper Sorbian wěm 'I know' Soft counterpart of Xumi Lower 'fang' Allophone of when preceded by an (alveolo )palatal initial and/or followed by one of the front vowels (in Upper Xumi also ). Upper 'to ask'

As there are no diacritics in the IPA to distinguish protruded and compressed rounding, an old diacritic for labialization, , will be used here as an ad hoc symbol for the protruded palatal approximant. Another possible transcription is or (a palatal approximant modified by endolabialization). Acoustically, this sound is "between" the more typical compressed palatal approximant and the non labialized palatal approximant .

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Norwegian Urban East [[Norwegian alphabet 'cyanide' Appears prevocalically after the protruded close vowels See Norwegian phonology Spanish [[Spanish orthography 'help' Approximant consonant; lenited allophone of before and between rounded vowels. May be a fricative in emphatic speech. See Spanish phonology