Re: Palatalized / Labialized consonants

Outo Otus scripsit:

> I was wondering if any languages make a distinction between a platalized
> consonant, and a consonant followed by a palatal glide [j]
Oh yes.  Russian itself has a four-way distinction between /pa/, /p;a/,
/pja/, and /p;ja/ (using ; ad hoc for palatalization).  These are written
p+a, p+ya, p+hard+ya, and p+soft+ja respectively.  /pja/ is quite rare
even in the (conservative) standard language, and is often pronounced
/p;ja/, but neither is collapsed with /p;a/.

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