Voiced_velar_plosive Voiced_velar_plosive

Voiced velar plosive - Definition and Overview

IPA - Unicode g
IPA - image Image:Xsampa-g.png
X-SAMPA g
Kirshenbaum g
Sound sample


The voiced velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is g, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is g. The voiceless velar plosive occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the letter "g" in gum or bug.

Features of this consonant:

Varieties of [g]

IPA Description
g plain g
gʰ or g̈ aspirated or breathy voice g
palatalized g
labialized g
unreleased g
voiceless g

In English

In English, the sound /g/ is denoted by the letter "g" as in gum or bag. However, the letter "g" does not always denote the sound /g/. When followed by "i" or "e" or preceded by d it sometimes denotes the affricate /dʒ/, as in gin and judgment. When preceded by "n" and occurring at the end of a morpheme, it often becomes the digraph "ng", which denotes the velar nasal and "g" is not pronounced, as in singer and rung, but not finger.

In other languages

The [g] sound is a common sound cross-linguistically. Many languages have at least a plain [g], and some distinguish more than variety. Many Indian languages, such as Hindi, have a two-way contrast between aspirated (breathy voice) and plain [g].


Sounds of the World's Languages
International Phonetic Alphabet
Consonants - Vowels
Places of articulation Manners of articulation

Bilabial
Labiodental
Dental
Retroflex
Alveolar
Postalveolar
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Glottal

Plosives (Stops)
Nasals
Fricatives
Approximants
Laterals
Taps
Trills
Ejectives
Implosives
Clicks


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