Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The voiced palatal approximant or the non-syllabic close front unrounded vowel is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is 〈j〉. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j, or equivalently, i_^, and in the Americanist phonetic notation it is 〈y〉. Because the name of the letter jay may be confusing when used to refer to this sound, the palatal approximant is sometimes called yod instead, as in the phonological history terms yod-dropping and yod-coalescence.In the writing systems used for most of the languages of Central, Northern and Eastern Europe, the letter j denotes the palatal approximant, as in German Jahr 'year'. This is the IPA usage, and although it may be counter-intuitive for English speakers, it does occur with this sound in a few English words, such as hallelujah and Jägermeister.In grammars of Ancient Greek, the palatal approximant, which was lost early in the history of Greek, is sometimes written as 〈ι̯〉 (iota with the inverted breve below, the non-syllabic diacritic or marker of a semivowel).. }
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- Palatal_approximant abstract "The voiced palatal approximant or the non-syllabic close front unrounded vowel is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is 〈j〉. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j, or equivalently, i_^, and in the Americanist phonetic notation it is 〈y〉. Because the name of the letter jay may be confusing when used to refer to this sound, the palatal approximant is sometimes called yod instead, as in the phonological history terms yod-dropping and yod-coalescence.In the writing systems used for most of the languages of Central, Northern and Eastern Europe, the letter j denotes the palatal approximant, as in German Jahr 'year'. This is the IPA usage, and although it may be counter-intuitive for English speakers, it does occur with this sound in a few English words, such as hallelujah and Jägermeister.In grammars of Ancient Greek, the palatal approximant, which was lost early in the history of Greek, is sometimes written as 〈ι̯〉 (iota with the inverted breve below, the non-syllabic diacritic or marker of a semivowel).".