How to Pronounce Kya Kyu Kyo - Japanese Pronunciation

In this Japanese pronunciation video, you will learn how to pronounce Kya, Kyu, Kyo. These contracted sounds in the Japanese language are called Yōon (拗音), sounds represented by combined characters. Yōon is a set of sounds that are made up of the consonants in the [i] row plus [a], [ɯ], or [o] vowel. For example, Kya is pronounced with the [kʲ] consonant plus the [a] vowel. There are a detailed explanation and practice for the pronunciation of the combination sounds, Kya, Kyu, Kyo in this video.





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[loftus]

I'm learning japanese, still very much at the beginner level. I came across kya for the first time today and your video really helped with pronunciation!

I've subscribed and will definitely be watching more of your videos as i continue to learn :)

[TokyoXtreme]

Are you planning to create videos on explaining pitch accent? I feel like you’d have a lot of material to work with, and the subject is not covered very well on YouTube as of yet.