Palatalization (phonetics)
way of pronouncing a consonant in which part of the tongue is moved close to the hard palate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Palatalization changes a sound so that it is made while the tongue is close to the palate.
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In the IPA, the symbol for palatalization is a lowercase superscript j, ʲ, and is put after a consonant letter to show that the sound is palatalized (for example [bʲ], which marks a palatalized bilabial plosive).
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