Voiceless labialized velar approximant
The voiceless labialized velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is or.
is generally called a "fricative" for historical reasons, but in English, the language for which the letter is primarily used, it is a voiceless approximant, equivalent to or. The symbol is rarely appropriated for a labialized voiceless velar fricative,, in other languages.Features of the voiceless labial-velar approximant:Occurrence
