Labio-palatal approximant

The labialized palatal approximant, also called the labial–palatal or labio-palatal approximant, is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It has two constrictions in the vocal tract: with the tongue on the palate, and rounded at the lips. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨⟩, a rotated lowercase letter ⟨h⟩, or occasionally ⟨⟩, since it is a labialized. It is the semivocalic counterpart of the close front rounded vowel.

Features
Features of the labial-palatal approximant:


 * Its place of articulation is called labio-palatal, which means it is labialized palatal, accomplished by raising the body of the tongue toward the palate while rounding the lips.