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Main sound category: Approximants
Sound category: voiced palatal approximant
IPA symbol: j
Sounds in category: ɥ j̃ j̰ j jː
Occurs in 584 languages
That is in 118.70% of all languages
Occurs in: French_UPSID Mandarin Lakkia Akan Alladian Ga Mandarin_ French Yakut Konyagi Lai Sedang Khmu? Sui Kwakw'ala Klamath Shuswap Wappo Nez perce Tsimshian Acoma Haida Mazahua Tseshaht Yuchi Lugbara Hausa Turkish Chamorro Tuva Saami Mari Even Kota Nganasan Dafla Changzhou Rutul Tiruray Yakut Lithuanian Mien Konkani Bodo Bulgarian Jingpho Khasi Romanian Chuvash Karen Iban Nyah kur Chukchi Lak Uzbek Azerbaijani Kashmiri Mundari Ormuri Pacoh Armenian Fijian Taishan Tagalog Pashto Sedang Kirghiz Khalkha German Pohnpeian Brao Koya Russian Selkup Khmu? Ivatan Tulu Dagur Farsi Komi Korean Atayal Avar Mor Sama Kurdish Sa'ban French_UPSID Bai Sui Bashkir Archi Kharia Yukaghir Kurukh Finnish Adzera Hindi-urdu Cham Kam Telugu Mandarin Nivkh Irish Albanian Breton Bruu Tamang Hungarian Rukai Ainu Lakkia Kabardian Yay Manchu Sre Nicobarese Lue Po-ai Malagasy Burmese Japanese Vietnamese Paiwan Bats Burushaski Lungchow Khanty Batak Javanese Ao Khmer Sinhalese Nenets Lahu Thai Zuni Panare Yana Itonama Guambiano Camsa Bella coola Kwakw'ala Island carib Quechua Cayapa Guahibo Klamath Mazatec Diegueno Luiseno Aleut Tonkawa Hixkaryana Achumawi Nahuatl Shuswap Paya Moxo Siona Wappo Axluxlay Japreria Amuesha Resigaro Epena pedee Eyak Cherokee Chatino Maidu Wiyot Nez perce Hopi Highland chinantec Upper chehalis Tlingit Cuna Tsimshian Totonac K'ekchi Cofan Caddo Bororo Wintu Jebero Acoma Haida Sierra miwok Trumai Kawaiisu Zoque Shasta Mazahua Ahtna Barasano Shiriana Yucuna Bribri Huari Lushootseed Amahuaca Jaqaru Kaingang Warao Dakota Arabela Mixe Huave Siriono Kiowa Tseshaht Navajo Cayuvava Pomo Picuris Alabama Yuchi Jacaltec Seneca Bakairi Papago Amuzgo Iranxe Southern nambiquara Tacana Movima Quileute Akawaio Paez Tehuelche Mapudungu Yaqui Guajiro Karok Carib Chipewyan Yagua Tarascan Tunica Hupa Tlapanec Qawasqar Tol Campa Yupik Yucatec Jivaro Nunggubuyu Yolngu Lugbara Isoko Kunama Ogbia Efik Angaatiha Suena Usan Alawa Ngarinjin Kadugli Fur Hausa Kotoko Hamer Moro Dizi Teke Tabi Wik-munkan Nyangi Maasai Dogon Ewe Lelemi Mumuye Ik Dahalo Songhai Dan Amharic Angas Zulu Ejagham Gadsup Kanuri Socotri Akan Iwam Igbo Yessan-mayo Yanyuwa Beja Kwoma Doayo Yidiny Shilha Aghem Noni Tiwi Diyari Temne Temein Woisika Bandjalang Tamasheq Bete Arrernte Ekari Andamanese Tigre Nyimang Mursi Kpan Kpelle Mbum Malakmalak Bisa Kala lagaw ya Nera Sandawe Sango Kefa Mambila Dangaleat Burarra Garawa !Xu Kanakuru Murinhpatha Arabic Koma Lua Tampulma Ndut Alladian Hadza Ngiyambaa Lame Sebei Konyagi Maung Ngizim Luo Berta Waris Wolof Kohumono Ga Neo-aramaic Western desert Yulu Daju Bambara Gugu-yalanji Kalkatungu Jomang Awiya Nambakaengo Kera Mbabaram Bardi Kewa Gwari Tera Birom Iraqw Gbeya Dera Dagbani Ewondo Yawa Chuave Kullo Azande Tama Dinka Amo Dyirbal Bobo-fing Margi Yareba Sentani Aizi Wahgi Waray Yagaria Fasu Senadi Dadibi Maba Yoruba Diola Kolokuma ijo Bariba Mba-ne Tarok Dani Selepet Somali Alamblak Tamil English_American English NepaliOH JKDutch ThaiCO JKGerman Testing Swedish Norwegian_Malm Norwegian_Bergen Norwegian_Elverum Norwegian_Oslo Norwegian_Sandnessjøen Norwegian_Stavanger Norwegian_Tromsø Norwegian_Trondheim Albanian_ Azerbaijani_ Belarusian_ Berber_ Bosnian_ Cebuano_ Czech_ Estonian_ Fante_ Hindi_ Icelandic_ Swahili Latvian_ Luxembourgish_ Mandarin_ Mongolian_ Oromo_ Polish_ Somali_ Spanish_ Swahili_ Thai_ Tigrinya_ Ukrainian_ English_Australian Polish Filipino Dutch South Saami Persian Pite Saami Ume Saami Slovak Chistabino (Pyrenean Aragonese) Italian_UPSID Saami (South) Sorani Norwegian Kven Danish Cantonese Abau A-Pucikwar Aari Abar Abidji Abishira Abkhaz Serbian Croatian Dari_Afghanistan French Indonesian Urdu_Pakistan Ukrainian Italian Arabic_Moroccan_LAPSyD Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Moroccan Urdu_Ohala Tigrinya Dari South Sami Pite Saami Kven Arabic_Moroccan_JK