Voiced velar fricative

IPA mark	ɣ
IPA number	141
IPA character description	Latin minuscule gamma
Unicode	U + 0263
HTML (dec.)	& # 611;
X-SAMPA	G
Kirshenbaum	Q
Audio sample ? / i [ ɣa ʔaɣa ]

The voiced velar fricative (a voiced at the rear dorsum educated fricative ) has the following in different languages phonetic and orthographic realizations:

• German : in some German dialects, for example in Berlin, the g in Wa g en or in Vo g el is realized as “soft g”, which makes it the voiced uvular fricative (“suppository-r”), for example the Pronunciation of "Waren" or "Vorel", approaching. There are also phonetic rules in Mosel-Franconian that convert intervowel g (also d ) in the following e into this sound, like the syllable [ oːɣ ] in plore [ˈploːɣə], plowing 'or [ uɣ ] in furel [ˈfuɣəl], bird'.
• Irish : Corresponds to gh and dh at the beginning of the word (as lenition of g or d ) before a, ae, ao, o, u .
• Modern Greek : Corresponds to the gamma (γ) before central or rear vowels or before consonants.
  • Examples: με γ άλος [ mɛˈ ɣ ɑlɔs ], large ', γ ράφω [ ɣ ɾˈɑfɔ ], I write'.
• Dutch : an allophone of the voiceless velar grater Loud [⁠ x ⁠] .
• Spanish : Corresponds to g at the end of a syllable or in the combinations ga, gl, go, gr, gu, gue, güe, gui, güi , if it is not in the absolute initial or after a nasal ( voiced velar plosive in other places ).
  • Examples: ma g nífico [ maɣˈnifiko ], great, magnificent ', peli g ro [ peˈliɣɾo ], danger'.

See also

• consonant

Pulmonary consonants according to IPA (2005)	bilabial		labio- dental		dental		alveolar		post- alveolar		retroflex		palatal		velar		uvular		phase- ryngal		glottal
	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.
Plosives	​p​	​b​					​t​	​d​			​ʈ​	​ɖ​	​c​	​ɟ​	​k​	​ɡ​	​q​	​ɢ​			​ʔ​
Nasals		​m​		​ɱ​				​n​				​ɳ​		​ɲ​		​ŋ​		​ɴ​
Vibrants		​ʙ​						​r​										​ʀ​
Taps / flaps				​ⱱ​				​ɾ​				​ɽ​
Fricatives	​ɸ​	​β​	​f​	​v​	​θ​	​ð​	​s​	​z​	​ʃ​	​ʒ​	​ʂ​	​ʐ​	​ç​	​ʝ​	​x​	​ɣ​	​χ​	​ʁ​	​H​	​ʕ​	​H​	​ɦ​
lateral fricatives							​ɬ​	​ɮ​
Approximants				​ʋ​				​ɹ​				​ɻ​		​j​		​w​ ¹
lateral approximants								​l​				​ɭ​		​ʎ​		​ʟ​
¹ The labialised variant [ w ] was inserted here as a voiced velar approximant ( half vowel ) instead of the non-labialised variant [ ɰ ].