| Voiced palatal plosive | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ɟ | |||
| IPA number | 108 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | ɟ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+025F | ||
| X-SAMPA | J\ | ||
| Braille | |||
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| Voiced alveolo-palatal plosive | |
|---|---|
| d̠ʲ | |
| ɟ᫈ | |
| Audio sample | |
Avoiced palatal plosive orstop is a type ofconsonantal sound in some spoken languages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɟ⟩, a barred dotless⟨j⟩ that was initially created by turning the type for a lowercase letter⟨f⟩.
If a distinction is necessary, avoiced alveolo-palatal plosive may be transcribed ⟨d̠ʲ⟩ (retracted andpalatalized[d]) or ⟨ɟ᫈⟩ (advanced[ɟ], depending on the linguistic analysis of that sound. There is also a para-IPA letter ⟨ȡ⟩ that is used primarily inSinological phonetic notation.
[ɟ] is a less common sound worldwide than thevoiced postalveolar affricate[d͡ʒ] because it is difficult to get the tongue to touch just thehard palate without also touching the back part of thealveolar ridge.[1]
It is common for the symbol ⟨ɟ⟩ to be used to transcribe apalatalized voiced velar plosive[ɡʲ] or, as often in theIndo-Aryan languages, a postalveolar affricate[dʒ] – especially in phonemic notation. The latter may be appropriate when the place of articulation needs to be specified but the distinction between plosive and affricate is not contrastive, or simply for a cleaner transcription.

Features of a voiced palatal stop:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian[2] | gjuha | [ˈɟuha] | 'tongue' | Merged with[d͡ʒ] inGheg Albanian and some speakers ofTosk Albanian.[3] | |
| Arabic | Some NorthernYemeni dialects[4] | جمل | [ˈɟamal] | 'camel' | Corresponds to[d͡ʒ~ʒ~ɡ~j] in other varieties. SeeArabic phonology |
| Rural and some urbanSudanese speakers[4] | |||||
| Upper Egypt[4] | |||||
| Aramaic | someUrmian & Koine speakers | ܓܒ̣ܪܐ/gavrɑ | [ɟoːrɑ] | 'husband' or 'man' lit. (male) person | Corresponds to/ɡ/ or/d͡ʒ/ in other dialects. |
| someNorthern speakers | [ɟaʊrɑ] | ||||
| Azerbaijani | گۆنش/günəş | [ɟyˈnæʃ] | 'sun' | ||
| Basque | anddere | [äɲɟe̞ɾe̞] | 'doll' | ||
| Breton | Gwenedeg | gwenn | [ɟɥɛ̃n] | 'white' | Realization of /ɡ/ before front vowels. |
| Bulgarian | гьол | [ɟoɫ] | 'swamp' | Palatalized [g] in Standard Bulgarian, may also be realized as [ɡj] by some speakers. SeeBulgarian phonology | |
| Catalan | Majorcan[5][6] | guix | [ˈɟi̞ɕ] | 'chalk' | Corresponds to/ɡ/ in other varieties. SeeCatalan phonology |
| Corsican | fighjulà | [viɟɟuˈla] | 'to watch' | ||
| Czech | dělám | [ˈɟ̟ɛlaːm] | 'I do' | Alveolo-palatal.[7] SeeCzech phonology | |
| Dinka | jir | [ɟir] | 'blunt' | ||
| Ega[8] | [ɟé] | 'become numerous' | |||
| Friulian | gjat | [ɟat] | 'cat' | ||
| Ganda | jjajja | [ɟːaɟːa] | 'grandfather' | ||
| Hausa | gyara | [ɟːarːa] | 'repair' | ||
| Hungarian[9] | gyám | [ɟäːm] | 'guardian' | SeeHungarian phonology | |
| Irish | Gaeilge | [ˈɡeːlʲɟə] | 'Irish language' | SeeIrish phonology | |
| Latvian | ģimene | [ˈɟime̞ne̞] | 'family' | SeeLatvian phonology | |
| Livonian | kīņḑõl | [ˈkiːɲɟəl] | 'candle' | ||
| Macedonian | раѓање | [ˈraɟaɲɛ] | 'birth' | SeeMacedonian phonology | |
| Malay | Kelantan-Pattani | تراجڠ/terajang | [tə.ɣa.ɟɛ̃ː] | 'kick' | SeeKelantan-Pattani Malay |
| Munji | ڱب | [ɟɪb] | 'lost' | ||
| Norwegian | Central[10] | fadder | [fɑɟːeɾ] | 'godparent' | SeeNorwegian phonology |
| Northern[10] | |||||
| Occitan | Auvergnat | diguèt | [ɟiˈɡɛ] | 'said' (3rd pers. sing.) | SeeOccitan phonology |
| Limousin | dissèt | [ɟiˈʃɛ] | |||
| Pannonian Rusyn | Дюрдьов | [ˈɟurɟɔw] | 'Đurđevo' | Only occurs in loanwords; Old Slovakď becomesдз in native inherits. | |
| Pitjantjatjara | Pitjantjatjara | [ˈpɪɟanɟaɟaɾa] | SeePitjantjatjara dialect | ||
| Sicilian | travagghju | [ʈɽɑ̝ˈväɟ.ɟʊ̠]or[ʈ͡ʂɑ̝ˈväɟ.ɟʊ̠] | 'job, task' | ||
| Slovak | ďaleký | [ˈɟ̟äɫe̞kiː] | 'far' | Alveolo-palatal.[11][12] SeeSlovak phonology | |
| Spanish | ya | [ˈɟa] | 'already' | Realization of/ʝ/, may also be realized as[ɟʝ] in onset or after nasal consonant. SeeSpanish phonology | |
| Turkish | güneş | [ɟyˈne̞ʃ]ⓘ | 'sun' | SeeTurkish phonology | |
| Vietnamese | North-central dialect | da | [ɟa˧] | 'skin' | SeeVietnamese phonology |
| Wu | Taizhou dialect | 共/gion6 | [ɟyoŋ] | 'together' | |
| Voiced post-palatal or pre-velar plosive | |
|---|---|
| ɟ | |
| ɡ᫈ | |
| Audio sample | |
There is also avoiced post-palatal orpre-velar plosive in some languages, which is articulated slightly more back than the place of articulation of the prototypical palatal consonant but not as back as the prototypicalvelar consonant. The IPA does not have a separate symbol, which can be transcribed as ⟨ɟ̠⟩, ⟨ɟ⟩ (both symbols denote a retracted ⟨ɟ⟩), ⟨ɡ̟⟩, or ⟨ɡ᫈⟩ (both symbols denote an advanced ⟨ɡ⟩).
Especially inbroad transcription, a voiced post-palatal plosive may be transcribed as a palatalized voiced velar plosive ⟨ɡʲ⟩.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan[13] | guix | [ˈɡ̟i̞ɕ] | 'chalk' | Allophone of/ɡ/ beforefront vowels when not preceded by a vowel.[13] SeeCatalan phonology | |
| English[14][15] | geese | [ɡ̟iːs]ⓘ | 'geese' | Allophone of/ɡ/ before front vowels and/j/.[14][15] SeeEnglish phonology | |
| Greek[16] | μετάγγιση/metággisi | [me̞ˈtɐŋ̟ɟ̠is̠i] | 'transfusion' | Post-palatal.[16] SeeModern Greek phonology | |
| Italian | Standard[17] | ghianda | [ˈɡ̟jän̪ːd̪ä] | 'acorn' | Post-palatal; allophone of/ɡ/ before/i,e,ɛ,j/.[17] SeeItalian phonology |
| Japanese | 銀/gin | [ɡʲiɴ]ⓘ | 'silver' | ||
| Portuguese | amiguinho | [ɐmiˈɡ̟ĩɲu] | 'little buddy' | Allophone of/ɡ/ before front vowels. SeePortuguese phonology | |
| Romanian[18] | ghimpe | [ˈɡ̟impe̞] | 'thorn' | Both an allophone of/ɡ/ before/i,e,j/ and the phonetic realization of/ɡʲ/.[18] SeeRomanian phonology | |
| Russian | Standard[19] | герб/gerb | [ɡ̟e̞rp] | 'coat of arms' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɡʲ⟩. SeeRussian phonology |
| Spanish[20] | guía | [ˈɡ̟i.ä] | 'guidebook' | Allophone of/ɡ/ before front vowels when not preceded by a vowel.[20] SeeSpanish phonology | |
| Yanyuwa[21] | [ɡ̠uɡ̟uɭu] | 'sacred' | Post-palatal.[21] Contrasts plain andprenasalized versions. | ||