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Main sound category: Approximants
Sound category: voiced palatal approximant
IPA symbol: j
IPA description: voiced palatal approximant
UPSID symbol: j
UPSID description: voiced palatal approximant
Occurs in 410 languages
That is in 83.33% of all languages
Occurs in: !Xu A-Pucikwar Aari Abar Abau Abidji Abishira Achumawi Acoma Adzera Aghem Ahtna Ainu Aizi Akan Akawaio Alabama Alamblak Alawa Albanian Aleut Alladian Amahuaca Amharic Amo Amuesha Amuzgo Andamanese Angaatiha Angas Ao Arabela Arabic Archi Armenian Arrernte Atayal Avar Awiya Axluxlay Azande Azerbaijani Bai Bakairi Bambara Bandjalang Barasano Bardi Bariba Bashkir Batak Bats Beja Bella coola Berta Bete Birom Bisa Bobo-fing Bodo Bororo Brao Breton Bribri Bruu Bulgarian Burarra Burmese Burushaski Caddo Campa Camsa Cantonese Carib Cayapa Cayuvava Cham Chamorro Changzhou Chatino Cherokee Chipewyan Chuave Chukchi Chuvash Cofan Cuna Dadibi Dafla Dagbani Dagur Dahalo Daju Dakota Dan Dangaleat Dani Danish Dari Dera Diegueno Dinka Diola Diyari Dizi Doayo Dogon Dutch Dyirbal Efik Ejagham Ekari English English_American English_Australian Epena pedee Even Ewe Ewondo Eyak Farsi Fasu Fijian Finnish French Fur Ga Gadsup Garawa Gbeya German Guahibo Guajiro Guambiano Gugu-yalanji Gwari Hadza Haida Hamer Hausa Highland chinantec Hindi-urdu Hixkaryana Hopi Huari Huave Hungarian Hupa Iban Igbo Ik Indonesian Iranxe Iraqw Irish Island carib Isoko Italian Italian_UPSID Itonama Ivatan Iwam Jacaltec Japanese Japreria Jaqaru Javanese Jebero Jingpho Jivaro Jomang K'ekchi Kabardian Kadugli Kaingang Kala lagaw ya Kalkatungu Kam Kanakuru Kanuri Karen Karok Kashmiri Kawaiisu Kefa Kera Kewa Khalkha Khanty Kharia Khasi Khmer Khmu? Kiowa Kirghiz Klamath Kohumono Kolokuma ijo Koma Komi Konkani Konyagi Korean Kota Kotoko Koya Kpan Kpelle Kullo Kunama Kurdish Kurukh Kven Kwakw'ala Kwoma Lahu Lak Lakkia Lame Lelemi Lithuanian Lua Lue Lugbara Luiseno Lungchow Luo Lushootseed Maasai Maba Maidu Malagasy Malakmalak Mambila Manchu Mandarin Mapudungu Margi Mari Maung Mazahua Mazatec Mba-ne Mbabaram Mbum Mien Mixe Mor Moro Movima Moxo Mumuye Mundari Murinhpatha Mursi Nahuatl Nambakaengo Navajo Ndut Nenets Neo-aramaic NepaliOH Nera Nez perce Nganasan Ngarinjin Ngiyambaa Ngizim Nicobarese Nivkh Noni Norwegian Norwegian_Bergen Norwegian_Elverum Norwegian_Malm Norwegian_Oslo Norwegian_Sandnessjøen Norwegian_Stavanger Norwegian_Tromsø Norwegian_Trondheim Nunggubuyu Nyah kur Nyangi Nyimang Ogbia Ormuri Pacoh Paez Paiwan Panare Papago Pashto Paya Persian Picuris Po-ai Pohnpeian Polish Pomo Qawasqar Quechua Quileute Resigaro Romanian Rukai Russian Rutul Sa'ban Saami Sama Sandawe Sango Sebei Sedang Selepet Selkup Senadi Seneca Sentani Serbian Shasta Shilha Shiriana Shuswap Sierra miwok Sinhalese Siona Siriono Socotri Somali Songhai Southern nambiquara Sre Suena Sui Swahili Swedish Tabi Tacana Tagalog Taishan Tama Tamang Tamasheq Tamil Tampulma Tarascan Tarok Tehuelche Teke Telugu Temein Temne Tera Thai Tigre Tigrinya Tiruray Tiwi Tlapanec Tlingit Tol Tonkawa Totonac Trumai Tseshaht Tsimshian Tulu Tunica Turkish Tuva Ukrainian Upper chehalis Urdu_Pakistan Usan Uzbek Vietnamese Wahgi Wappo Warao Waray Waris Western desert Wik-munkan Wintu Wiyot Woisika Wolof Yagaria Yagua Yakut Yana Yanyuwa Yaqui Yareba Yawa Yay Yessan-mayo Yidiny Yolngu Yoruba Yucatec Yuchi Yucuna Yukaghir Yulu Yupik Zoque Zulu Zuni