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A palatal fricative is a type of fricative consonant that is also a palatal consonant. The two main types of palatal fricatives are:
They are produced with the friction of the dorsum of the tongue against the hard palate. [1] In some dialects of English, [ç] acts as an allophone for /hj/, [2] [3] [4] and some loanwords may start with [ʝ]. [1]
Phonemic palatal fricatives are decently rare, especially the voiced palatal fricative. They occur more often as allophones (such as in German, where [ç] is an allophone of the voiceless velar fricative after consonants and front vowels [5]), or as alternative realizations of the voiced palatal approximant.
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