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I . ve·lar [ˈvi:ləʳ, Am -ɚ] LING ADJ inv

velar

velar spec

II . ve·lar [ˈvi:ləʳ, Am -ɚ] LING N

velar

Velar m spec

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English

The exact circumstances in which palatalization occurred are complicated; see the above section on the distribution of velars and palatals for more information. en.wikipedia.org

Velar has a history dating back to more than a thousand years and hosts many temples. en.wikipedia.org

Alternating palatals alternate with the velars, while non-alternating palatals do not. en.wikipedia.org

There is some dispute over the phonemicity of soft velar consonants. en.wikipedia.org

The velar fricative /x/ does not occur natively in the language. en.wikipedia.org

This would have been more likely if h was a voiced velar obstruent to begin with. en.wikipedia.org

The palatals arose historically from a merger of the dentals and velars before high front vowels and glides. en.wikipedia.org

This anomaly was resolved by palatalizing the velars, just as it was done during the first palatalization. en.wikipedia.org

This resulted in new sequences of velars followed by front vowels, where they did not occur before. en.wikipedia.org

The voiceless uvular fricative is similar to the voiceless velar fricative, except that it is articulated near the uvula. en.wikipedia.org

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