Velar consonant

A velar consonant is a consonant that is pronounced with the back part of the tongue against the soft palate, also known as the velum, which is the back part of the roof of the mouth. Velar consonants in English are [k], [g] and [ŋ]. The consonant [k] is the most common in all human languages.

These are the velar consonants in the IPA.

IPA	Description	Example
		Language	Orthography	IPA	Meaning
	velar nasal	English	ri ng	[ɹʷɪŋ]	ring
	voiceless velar plosive	English	skip	[skɪp]	skip
	voiced velar plosive	English	get	[ɡɛt]	get
	voiceless velar fricative	German	Bauch	[baʊx]	abdomen
	voiced velar fricative	Greek	γάτα	[ɣata]	cat
	voiceless labio-velar approximant	English	which	[ʍɪtʃ]	which
	velar approximant	Spanish	pagar	[paɰaɾ]	to pay
	velar lateral approximant	Mid-Wahgi	aʟaʟe	[aʟaʟe]	dizzy
	voiced labio-velar approximant	English	witch	[wɪtʃ]	witch
kʼ	velar ejective plosive	Archi	кIан	[kʼan]	bottom
ɠ	voiced velar implosive	Sindhi	g̈əro/ڳرو	[ɠəro]	heavy