Editing Voiced palatal approximant (section)

===Palatal===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Language !! Word !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] !! Meaning !! Notes
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| colspan="2" | [[Adyghe language|Adyghe]] || {{lang|ady|[[Cyrillic script|'''я'''тӀэ]]}}/yat'a ||{{Audio-IPA|Yata.ogg|[jatʼa]}} || 'dirt' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Afrikaans]] || {{lang|af|'''j'''a|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jɑː]}} || 'yes' || See [[Afrikaans phonology]]
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || [[Standard Arabic|Standard]] || {{lang|ar|[[Arabic alphabet|يوم]]|rtl=yes}}/yawm ||{{IPA|[jawm]}} || 'day' || See [[Arabic phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Aragonese language|Aragonese]]{{sfnp|Mott|2007|pp=105–106}} || {{lang|an|ca'''y'''e|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈkaʝ̞e̞]}} || 'falls' || Unspecified for rounding approximant consonant; the language also features an unrounded palatal approximant semivowel (which may replace {{IPA|/ʝ̞/}} before {{IPA|/e/}}).{{sfnp|Mott|2007|pp=105–106}}
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| [[Armenian language|Armenian]] || [[Eastern Armenian|Eastern]]{{sfnp|Dum-Tragut|2009|p=13}} || {{lang|hy|[[Armenian alphabet|'''յ'''ուղ]]}}/yuq||{{IPA|[juʁ]}} || 'fat' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || {{lang|as|[[Assamese alphabet|মানৱী'''য়'''তা]]}}/manowiyota ||{{IPA|[manɔwijɔta]}} || 'humanity' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Assyrian Neo-Aramaic|Assyrian]]|| ܝܡܐ {{lang|aii-Latn|[[Syriac alphabet|'''y'''ama]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jaːma]}} || 'sea' || 
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| colspan="2" | [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]] || {{lang|az-Latn|[[Azerbaijani alphabet|'''y'''uxu]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[juχu]}} || 'dream' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Basque language|Basque]] || {{lang|eu|[[Basque alphabet|ba'''i''']]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[baj]}} || 'yes' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || {{lang|bn|[[Bengali alphabet|ন'''য়'''ন]]}}/noyon ||{{IPA|[nɔjon]}} || 'eye' || See [[Bengali phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] || {{lang|bg|[[Cyrillic script|ма'''й'''ка]]}} / {{lang|bg|ma'''j'''ka|italic=yes}}|| {{IPA|[ˈmajkɐ]}} || 'mother' || See [[Bulgarian phonology]]
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| rowspan="2" | [[Catalan language|Catalan]]{{sfnp|Carbonell|Llisterri|1992|p=53}} || All dialects || {{lang|ca|[[Catalan orthography|fe'''i'''a]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈfejɐ]}} || 'I did' || rowspan="2" | See [[Catalan phonology]]
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| Some&nbsp;dialects || {{lang|ca|[[Catalan orthography|'''j'''o]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈjɔ]}} || 'I'
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| colspan="2" | [[Chechen language|Chechen]] || {{lang|ce|[[Cyrillic script|'''я'''лх]]}} / {{lang|ce|'''y'''alx|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jalx]}} || 'six' ||
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| rowspan="2" | [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || [[Cantonese]] || {{lang|yue|[[Chinese characters|日]]}} / {{lang|yue|[[Jyutping|'''j'''at9]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jɐt˨ʔ]}} || 'day' || See [[Cantonese phonology]]
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| [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]] || {{lang|zh|[[Chinese characters|鸭]]}} ({{lang|zh|[[Chinese characters|鴨]]}}) / {{lang|cmn-Latn|[[Hanyu Pinyin|'''y'''ā]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ja˥]}} || 'duck' || See [[Mandarin phonology]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Chuvash language|Chuvash]]
|йывăç/yıvëş
|[jɯʋəɕ̬]
|'tree'
|
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Czech language|Czech]] || {{lang|cs|[[Czech alphabet|'''j'''e]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jɛ]}} || 'is' || See [[Czech phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Danish language|Danish]] || {{lang|da|[[Danish alphabet|'''j'''eg]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jɑ]}} || 'I' || See [[Danish phonology]]
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || Standard{{sfnp|Collins|Mees|2003|p=198}} || {{lang|nl|[[Dutch orthography|'''j'''a]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jaː]}} || 'yes' || Frequently realized as a fricative {{IPAblink|ʝ}}, especially in emphatic speech.{{sfnp|Collins|Mees|2003|p=198}} See [[Dutch phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[English language|English]] || ''[[English orthography|'''y'''ou]]'' || {{IPA|[juː]}} || 'you' || See [[English phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Esperanto]] || {{lang|eo|[[Esperanto orthography|'''j'''aro]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jaro]}} || 'year' || See [[Esperanto phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || {{lang|et|[[Estonian alphabet|'''j'''alg]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈjɑlɡ]}} || 'leg' || See [[Estonian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || {{lang|fi|[[Finnish alphabet|'''j'''alka]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈjɑlkɑ]}} || 'leg' || See [[Finnish phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[French language|French]] || {{lang|fr|[[French orthography|'''y'''eux]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jø]}} || 'eyes' || See [[French phonology]]
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| [[German language|German]] || [[Standard German|Standard]]{{sfnp|Kohler|1999|p=86}}{{sfnp|Moosmüller|Schmid|Brandstätter|2015|p=340}} || {{lang|de|[[German orthography|'''J'''acke]]}} || {{IPA|[ˈjäkə]}} || 'jacket' || Also described as a fricative {{IPAblink|ʝ}}{{sfnp|Mangold|2005|p=51}}{{sfnp|Krech et al.|2009|p=83}} and a sound variable between a fricative and an approximant.{{sfnp|Hall|2003|p=48}} See [[Standard German phonology]]
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| [[Greek language|Greek]]
| [[Ancient Greek]]
| {{lang|grc|ε'''ἴ'''η}}/éiē
| {{IPA|[ějːɛː]}}
| 's/he shall come'
| See [[Ancient Greek phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || {{lang|he|[[Hebrew alphabet|'''י'''לד]]|rtl=yes}}/yeled ||{{IPA|[ˈjeled]}} || 'kid' || See [[Modern Hebrew phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] || {{lang|hi|[[Devanagari alphabet|'''या'''न]]}} / {{Lang|ur|[[Urdu alphabet|یان]]|rtl=}}/yán||{{IPA|[jäːn]}}|| 'vehicle' || See [[Hindustani phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || {{lang|hu|[[Hungarian orthography|'''j'''áték]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jaːteːk]}} || 'game' || See [[Hungarian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Irish language|Irish]]{{sfnp|Ó Sé|2000|p=17}} || {{lang|ga|[[Irish orthography|'''gh'''earrfadh]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈjɑːɾˠhəx]}} || 'would cut' || See [[Irish phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Ingush language|Ingush]] || |''{{Lang|inh|[[Cyrillic script|'''я'''лат]]}} / '''j'''alat'' || ['jalat] ||'grain' ||See [[Ingush language#Phonology|Ingush phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Italian language|Italian]]{{sfnp|Rogers|d'Arcangeli|2004|p=117}} || {{lang|it|[[Italian alphabet|'''i'''one]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈjoːne]}} || 'ion' || See [[Italian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Jalapa Mazatec]]{{sfnp|Silverman|Blankenship|Kirk|Ladefoged|1995|p=83}} || {{example needed|date=August 2016}} || || || Contrasts voiceless {{IPAslink|j̊}}, plain voiced {{IPA|/j/}} and glottalized voiced {{IPA|/ȷ̃/}} approximants.{{sfnp|Silverman|Blankenship|Kirk|Ladefoged|1995|p=83}}
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| colspan="2" | [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || {{lang|ja|[[hiragana|焼く]]}} / {{lang|ja-Latn|[[rōmaji|'''y'''aku]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jaku͍]}} || 'to bake' || See [[Japanese phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Kabardian language|Kabardian]] || {{lang|kbd|[[Cyrillic script|'''й'''и]]}}/yi ||{{IPA|[ji]}} || 'game' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] || {{lang|kbd|[[Cyrillic script|'''Я'''ғни]]}}/yağni ||{{IPA|[jaʁni]}} || 'so' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Khmer language|Khmer]] || {{lang|km|[[Khmer script|យំ]]}} / {{transliteration|km|'''y'''om}} || {{IPA|[jom]}} || 'to cry' || See [[Khmer phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Korean language|Korean]] || {{lang|ko|[[hangul|여섯]]}} / {{lang|ko|[[Revised Romanization of Korean|'''y'''eoseot]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jʌsʌt̚]}} || 'six' || See [[Korean phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Latin]] || {{lang|la|[[Latin spelling and pronunciation|iacere]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈjakɛrɛ]}} || 'to throw' || See [[Latin spelling and pronunciation]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]{{sfnp|Mathiassen|1996|pp=22–23}} || {{lang|lt|[[Lithuanian orthography|'''j'''i]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jɪ]}} || 'she' || Also described as a fricative {{IPAblink|ʝ}}.{{sfnp|Augustaitis|1964|p=23}}{{sfnp|Ambrazas et al.|1997|pp=46–47}} See [[Lithuanian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] || {{lang|mk|[[Macedonian alphabet|кра'''ј''']]}}/kraj || {{IPA|[kraj]}} || 'end' || See [[Macedonian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Malay language|Malay]] || {{lang|ms|[[Malay alphabet|sa'''y'''ang]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[sajaŋ]}} || 'love' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Maltese language|Maltese]] || {{lang|mt|[[Maltese alphabet|'''j'''iekol]]}} || {{IPA|[jɪɛkol]}} || 'he eats' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Mapuche language|Mapudungun]]{{sfnp|Sadowsky et al.|2013|p=91}} || {{lang|arn|[[Mapudungun alphabet|ka'''y'''u]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[kɜˈjʊ]}} || 'six' || May be a fricative {{IPAblink|ʝ}} instead.{{sfnp|Sadowsky et al.|2013|p=91}}
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| colspan="2" | [[Marathi language|Marathi]] || {{lang|mr|[[Devanagari|'''य'''श]]}}/yaš||{{IPA|[jəʃ]}} || 'success' ||
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| colspan="2" |[[Nepali language|Nepali]]
|{{Lang|ne|[[Devanāgarī|'''या'''म]]}}/yam
|{{IPA|[jäm]}}
|'[[season]]'
|See [[Nepali phonology]]
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || [[Urban East Norwegian|Urban East]]{{sfnp|Kristoffersen|2000|pp=22 and 25}}{{sfnp|Vanvik|1979|p=41}} || {{lang|no|[[Norwegian alphabet|'''g'''i]]}} || {{IPA|[jiː]}} || 'to give' || May be a fricative {{IPAblink|ʝ}} instead.{{sfnp|Vanvik|1979|p=41}}{{sfnp|Kristoffersen|2000|p=74}} See [[Norwegian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Odia language|Odia]] || {{lang|or|[[Odia script|ସମ'''ୟ''']]}}/samaya ||{{IPA|[sɔmɔjɔ]}} || 'time' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Persian language|Persian]] ||یزد/Yäzd ||[{{IPA|jæzd}}]|| '[[Yazd]]' || See [[Persian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Polish language|Polish]]{{sfnp|Jassem|2003|p=103}} || {{lang|pl|[[Polish orthography|'''j'''utro]]|italic=yes}} || {{Audio-IPA|Pl-jutro-2.ogg|[ˈjut̪rɔ]}} || 'tomorrow' || See [[Polish phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]<ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502004000300005 Delta: Documentation of studies on theoric and applied Linguistics – Problems in the tense variant of carioca speech].</ref> || {{lang|pt|[[Portuguese orthography|bo'''i'''a]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈbɔjɐ]}}|| 'buoy', 'float' || Allophone of both {{IPAslink|i}} and {{IPAslink|ʎ̟|ʎ}},<ref name="anglophones learning lh">{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.seer.ufu.br/index.php/dominiosdelinguagem/article/download/12450/8064 The acoustic-articulatory path of the lateral palatal consonant's allophony]. Pages 223 and 228.</ref> as well as a very common epenthetic sound before coda sibilants in some dialects. See [[Portuguese phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || [[Gurmukhi|ਯਾਰ]]/yár ||{{IPA|[jäːɾ]}} || 'friend' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || {{lang|ro|[[Romanian alphabet|'''i'''ar]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jar]}} || 'again' || See [[Romanian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Russian language|Russian]]{{sfnp|Yanushevskaya|Bunčić|2015|p=223}} || {{lang|ru|[[Russian alphabet|'''я'''ма]]}}/jama ||{{IPA|[ˈjämə]}} || 'pit' || See [[Russian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Serbo-Croatian]]{{sfnp|Landau|Lončarića|Horga|Škarić|1999|p=67}} || {{lang|sh-Cyrl|[[Serbian Cyrillic alphabet|'''ј'''уг]]}} / {{lang|sh-Latn|[[Gaj's Latin alphabet|'''j'''ug]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jûɡ]}} || 'South' || See [[Serbo-Croatian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Slovak language|Slovak]]{{sfnp|Pavlík|2004|p=106}} || {{lang|sk|[[Slovak orthography|'''j'''esť]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jɛ̝sc]}} || 'to eat' || See [[Slovak phonology]]
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| colspan="2" |[[Slovene language|Slovene]]
|{{lang|sl|[[Slovene orthography|'''j'''az]]|italic=yes}}
|{{IPA|[ˈjʌ̂s̪]}}
|'I'
|
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| colspan="2" |[[Solos language|Solos]]
|'''''y'''as''
|[jas]
|'up'
|See Alphabet section in [[Solos language]]
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| rowspan="2" | [[Spanish language|Spanish]]{{sfnp|Martínez Celdrán|2004|p=205}} || [[Standard Spanish|Standard]] || {{lang|es|[[Spanish orthography|a'''y'''er]]|italic=yes}} || {{Audio-IPA|Es-ayer.ogg|[aˈʝ̞e̞ɾ]}} || 'yesterday' || rowspan="2" | Unspecified for rounding approximant consonant; the language also features an unrounded palatal approximant semivowel.{{sfnp|Martínez Celdrán|2004|p=205}} Contrast with /j/. See [[Spanish phonology]]
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| [[Rioplatense Spanish|Rioplatense]]
| {{lang|es|[[Spanish orthography|'''hi'''elo]]|italic=yes}} || [ˈje.lo] || 'ice'
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| colspan="2" | [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || {{lang|sv|[[Swedish alphabet|'''j'''ag]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈjɑːɡ]}} || 'I' || May be realized as a palatal fricative {{IPAblink|ʝ}} instead. See [[Swedish phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || {{lang|tl|[[Filipino orthography|ma'''y'''a]]}} || {{IPA|[ˈmajɐ]}} || 'sparrow' || 
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| colspan="2" |[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|{{Lang|ta|யானை/yanai|italic=no}}
|[ˈjaːnaɪ]
|'elephant'
|
|-
|colspan="2" | [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || {{lang|te|[[Telugu script|'''యా'''తన/yatana]]}}|| {{IPA|[jaːtana]}}|| 'agony'
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| colspan="2" | [[Turkish language|Turkish]]{{sfnp|Zimmer|Orgun|1999|p=154}} || {{lang|tr|[[Turkish alphabet|'''y'''ol]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jo̞ɫ̪]}} || 'way' || See [[Turkish phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]] || {{lang|tk|[[Turkmen alphabet|'''ý'''üpek]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jypek]}} || 'silk' ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Ubykh language|Ubykh]] || align="center" | ајәушқӏa/ajëwšq'a 
|{{IPA|[ajəwʃqʼa]}}
| 'you did it' || See [[Ubykh phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] || [[Ukrainian orthography|'''ї'''жак]] / [[Romanization of Ukrainian|'''''ï'''žak'']] || {{IPA|[jiˈʒɑk]}} || 'hedgehog' || See [[Ukrainian phonology]]
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || Southern dialects || {{lang|vi|[[Vietnamese alphabet|'''d'''e]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jɛ]}} || 'cinnamon' || Corresponds to northern {{IPA|/z/}}. See [[Vietnamese phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Washo language|Washo]] || {{lang|was|da'''y'''áʔ|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[daˈjaʔ]}} || 'leaf' || Contrasts voiceless {{IPAslink|j̊}} and voiced {{IPA|/j/}} approximants.
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| colspan="2" |[[Welsh language|Welsh]]
|'''i'''aith
|[jai̯θ]
|'language'
|See [[Welsh phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]] || {{lang|fy|'''j'''as|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jɔs]}} || 'coat' || See [[West Frisian phonology]]
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| [[Zapotec language|Zapotec]] || [[Tilquiapan Zapotec|Tilquiapan]]{{sfnp|Merrill|2008|p=108}} || '''''y'''an'' || {{IPA|[jaŋ]}} || 'neck' ||
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