| 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 |
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⟩). There is also a non-IPA letterU+0221 ȡLATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH CURL;⟨ȡ⟩ ("d" with the curl found in the symbols for alveolo-palatal sibilant fricatives⟨ɕ,ʑ⟩) that is used especially in Sinological circles.
[ɟ] is a less common sound worldwide than thevoiced postalveolar affricate[d͡ʒ] because it is difficult to get the tongue to touch just the hard palate without also touching the back part of thealveolar ridge.[1] It is also common for the symbol ⟨ɟ⟩ to be used to represent apalatalized voiced velar plosive or palato-alveolar/alveolo-palatal affricates, as inIndic languages. That may be considered appropriate when the place of articulation needs to be specified, and the distinction between plosive and affricate is not contrastive.

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 plosive | |
|---|---|
| ɟ | |
| ɡ᫈ | |
| Audio sample | |
There is also avoiced post-palatal 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. | ||