verb🔗ShareTo raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool."In the word "pool," you velarize the "l" by raising the back of your tongue toward the soft palate (velum). "phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar."In several dialects of Central German, the cluster -nd- has been velarized to -ng-."phoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
