1. Iotation can result in a partial palatal or alveolo-palatal consonant . 2. *It is debated whether the palatal consonant pair consists of stops or affricates. 3. J is a fricative and palatal consonant . 4. Velar consonants alternate with palatal consonants before / e / and sometimes before / a /. 5. :In general, sequences containing the palatal consonant are relatively rare and tend to exhibit depalatalization. 6. In Kalaw Lagaw Ya, the palatal consonants are sub-phonemes of the alveolar sibilants and. 7. The dorsal consonants are usually coronal " obstruent, even though palatal consonants are physically dorsal. 8. Subsequent analogical processes generalised either the plain or palatal consonant in all forms of a particular root. 9. Truly co-articulated "'labial palatal consonants "'such as are theoretically possible. 10. The alveolo-palatal consonant sounds like a strongly palatalized version of, somewhat like " nourish you ".