hard#3 (a)

a01156505

type a
lex_filenum 00
def (of speech sounds)
def produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
examples Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants
Outgoing links
Antonym hard → soft
Similar to velar
Incoming links
Similar to velar
Antonym soft → hard

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