Voiced labial–palatal approximant

The compressed palatal approximant is typically transcribed in IPA simply as {{angbr IPA|ɥ}}, and that is the convention used in this article. There is no dedicated diacritic for compression in the IPA. However, the compression of the lips can be shown with the letter {{IPAalink|β̞}} as {{angbr IPA|j͡β̞}} (simultaneous {{IPA|[j]}} and labial compression) or {{angbr IPA|jᵝ}} ({{IPA|[j]}} modified with labial compression). The spread-lip diacritic {{angbr IPA|  ͍ }} may also be used with a labialized approximant letter {{angbr IPA|ɥ͍}} as an ad hoc symbol, though technically 'spread' means unrounded.

The compressed post-palatal approximant can be transcribed simply as {{angbr IPA|ɥ̈}} (centralized {{IPA|[ɥ]}}), and that is the convention used in this article. Other possible transcriptions include {{angbr IPA|j̈ᵝ}} (centralized {{IPA|[j]}} modified with labial compression) and {{angbr IPA|ɥ͍̈}} (centralized {{IPA|[ɥ]}} with the spread-lip diacritic).

Features of the compressed palatal approximant:

{{approximant}}

• Its place of articulation is palatal and in addition it is endo-labialized, which is accomplished by raising the body of the tongue toward the palate while approximating the lips.

{{voiced}}

{{oral}}

{{central articulation}}

{{pulmonic}}

Because the labialized palatal approximant is assumed to have compression, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some examples in the table below may actually have protrusion.

{{Infobox IPA

|above = Protruded palatal approximant

|ipa symbol = ɥ̫

|ipa symbol2 = ɥʷ

|ipa symbol3 = jʷ

}}

As there are no diacritics in the IPA to distinguish protruded and compressed rounding, an old diacritic for labialization, {{angbr IPA|  ̫}}, will be used here as an ad hoc symbol for the protruded palatal approximant. Another possible transcription is {{angbr IPA|ɥʷ}} or {{angbr IPA|jʷ}} (a palatal approximant modified by endolabialization).

Acoustically, this sound is "between" the more typical compressed palatal approximant {{IPA|[ɥ]}} and the non-labialized palatal approximant {{IPAblink|j}}.

Features of the protruded palatal approximant:

{{approximant}}

• Its place of articulation is labial–palatal, which is accomplished by raising the body of the tongue toward the palate while approximating the lips.

{{voiced}}

{{oral}}

{{central articulation}}

{{pulmonic}}

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