Velar Consonants

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Velar Consonants

post-palatals, consonants formed by raising the back part of the dorsum of the tongue to the back (soft) palate or to the back part of the hard palate (Russian g, k).

Velar Consonants

consonants formed by raising the back part of the tongue to the soft palate. Obstruent (in Russian, k, g) and fricative (in Russian, kh) velar consonants are distinguished according to the means by which the exhaled air stream is blocked.

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