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  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/ENGL_LING_200%3A_Introduction_to_Linguistics/02%3A_Sounds_Part_1-_Phonetics/2.03%3A_Voicing_Resonance_and_Articulation
    The palatal approximant [j] is made with the tongue towards the palate, and the [w] sound has two places of articulation: the back of the tongue is raised towards the velum and the lips are rounded, s...The palatal approximant [j] is made with the tongue towards the palate, and the [w] sound has two places of articulation: the back of the tongue is raised towards the velum and the lips are rounded, so it is called a labial-velar approximant. And if we keep the tongue at the alveolar ridge but allow air to flow along the sides of the tongue, we get the alveolar lateral approximant [l], where the word lateral means “on the side”. The sounds [ɹ] and [l] are also sometimes called “liquids”

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