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The voiced labio-velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in certain spoken languages, including English. It is the sound denoted by the letter ⟨w⟩ in the English alphabet;[1] likewise, the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨w⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is w. In most languages it is a labialized velar approximant [ɰʷ], and the semivocalic counterpart of the close back rounded vowel [u] - i.e. the non-syllabic close back rounded vowel. In inventory charts of languages with other labialized velar consonants, /w/ will be placed in the same column as those consonants. When consonant charts have only labial and velar columns, /w/ may be placed in the velar column, (bi)labial column, or both. The placement may have more to do with phonological criteria than phonetic ones.[2]
Features of the voiced labialized velar approximant:
Manner of articulation, Labial consonant, Palatal consonant, Epiglottal consonant, Phonation
Hiragana, Katakana, Ryukyuan languages, World War II, Altaic languages
Voiceless alveolar sibilant, Voiceless velar stop, Hebrew language, Voiceless bilabial stop, Voiced bilabial stop
Hebrew alphabet, O, Syriac alphabet, Niqqud, Hebrew language
Transliteration, Syriac alphabet, Zero (linguistics), Labio-velar approximant, Voiceless uvular fricative
Unicode, Tau, Greek alphabet, Labio-velar approximant, Gamma
Palatal approximant, Close front unrounded vowel, Nasal vowel, Latin, Voiceless alveolar sibilant