| 11. | While is in fact a velar consonant,,, and are less obviously so.
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| 12. | That is the case of English, which is a velar consonant with secondary labial articulation.
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| 13. | Xavante is highly unusual in lacking velar consonants, except for the labio-velar approximant.
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| 14. | Velar consonants alternate with palatal consonants before / e / and sometimes before / a /.
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| 15. | Thus, the alternation of in the two contexts is indicative of an underlying velar consonant.
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| 16. | The labialized velar consonants and have limited use, contrasting and almost solely before the vowel.
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| 17. | When " r " precedes a velar consonant, a is inserted between the two.
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| 18. | The term is now commonly extended to include also velar consonants, which deviates from the strict etymology.
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| 19. | As used in linguistics, such a definition includes all velar consonants, regardless of manner of articulation.
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| 20. | Notably, there are no velar consonants without secondary articulation : they are all either palatalized or labialized.
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