Palatal approximant is a consonant sound , indicated in phonetic transcription by the sign [j]. Present in the following languages:
| Palatal approximant |
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| j |
| MFA Number | 153 |
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| Unicode (hex) | U + 6A |
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| HTML (decimal) | & # 106; |
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| X-SAMPA | j |
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| Kirshenbaum | j |
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| MFA Braille | |
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| Other designations | i̯ |
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| Language | Example | MFA | Notes |
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| English | y ou | [juː] | |
| Arab | يوم | [jawm] | |
| Basque | ba i | [baj] | |
| Bulgarian | ma ya ka | [ˈMajkɐ] | |
| Hungarian | j áték | [jaːteːk] | |
| Vietnamese | d e | [jɛ] | |
| Danish | j eg | [jä] | |
| Irish | gh earrfadh | [ˈJɑːɾˠhəx] | |
| Spanish | v i uda | [ˈBjuða] | |
| Italian | i one | [ˈJone] | |
| Catalan | se i ent | [səˈjen] | |
| Chinese | 鸭 ( y ā) | [ja˥] | |
| Korean | 야구 | [ˈJaːɡu] | |
| Malay | sa y ang | [sajaŋ] | |
| Deutsch | J och | [jɔx] | |
| Dutch | j aar | [jaːr] | |
| Norwegian | j ul | [jʉːl] | |
| Ossetian | th æ | [jæ] | |
| Polish | j utro | [ˈJutrɔ] | |
| Portuguese | sa i a | [ˈSajɐ] | |
| Romanian | i ar | [jar] | |
| Russian | I am | [ja] | |
| Turkish | y ol | [jol] | |
| Ukrainian | ї jacques | [jiˈʒɑk] | |
| Finnish | j alka | [ˈJɑlkɑ] | |
| French | y aourt | [jauʁt] | |
| Chechen | i lx / y alx | [jalx] | |
| Czech | j e | [jɛ] | |
| Swedish | j ag | [ˈJɑːɡ] | |
| Esperanto | j aro | [jaro] | |
| Japanese | や く | [jakɯ] | |