Approximants Sounds
Multiple Articulations
Semiconsonants
Secondary Articulations
often related
Vowels
/w/
Phonemic-Phonetic Feature
Spanish
[ w-]
Semiconsonant
[-u̯]
Semivowel
[ᵍw]
Semiconsonant
[g]
Color
English
[ w-]
Semiconsonant
[ -u̯]
Semivowel
Distribution
Spanish
Phonemic
Partial
Phonetic
Partial
Complementary
Free variation
Transfer
English
Phonemic
Phonetic
Total
Partial
Complementary
Phonemic
Positive
Phonetic
Zero
Positive
/j/
Phonemic-Phonetic Feature
Voiced
Fronto-palatal
Oral
Approximant
Voiced
Bilabial
Dorso-velar
Oral
Approximant
Spanish
English
[j-]
Semiconsonant
[-i̯]
Semivowel
[j-]
Semiconsonant
[-ɪ̯]
Semivowel
Distribution
Spanish
English
Phonemic
Phonetic
Phonemic
Phonetic
Partial
Partial
Complementary
Partial
Partial
Complementary
Transfer
Phonemic
Positive
Phonetic
Zero
Positive
/y/
Phonemic-Phonetic Feature
Voiced
Fronto-palatal
Oral
Approximant
Spanish
English
[ y-]
Fricative
[dʒ]
Affricate
[y-]
Fricative