What does velarization mean?
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ve·lar·iza·tion
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velarizationnoun
The act or process of velarizing.
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Velarization
Velarization is a secondary articulation of consonants by which the back of the tongue is raised toward the velum during the articulation of the consonant.
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Velarization
Velarization is a secondary articulation of consonants by which the back of the tongue is raised toward the velum during the articulation of the consonant. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, velarization is transcribed by one of three diacritics: ⁕A tilde or swung dash through the letter U+0334 ̴ combining tilde overlay covers both velarization and pharyngealization, as in ⁕A superscript gamma U+02E0 ˠ modifier letter small gamma after the letter standing for the velarized consonant, as in ⁕A superscript U+02B7 ʷ modifier letter small w indicates either simultaneous velarization and labialization, as in or, or labialization of a velar consonant, as in. Although electropalatographic studies have shown that there is a continuum of possible degrees of velarization, the IPA offers no way to indicate degrees of velarization, for this difference has not been found to be contrastive in any language. A common example of a velarized consonant is the velarized alveolar lateral approximant. In some accents of English, such as Received Pronunciation, the phoneme has "dark" and "light" allophones: the "dark", velarized allophone appears in syllable coda position, while the "light", non-velarized allophone appears in syllable onset position. Other accents of English, such as Scottish English and Australian English, have "dark L" in all positions, while Hiberno-English has "clear L" in all positions. Other languages that have this distinction in some form include Albanian, Catalan and Portuguese and Turkish.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of velarization in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of velarization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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