From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvelarve‧lar /ˈviːlə $ -ər/ adjective technical SLa velar consonant such as /k/ or /g/ is made by putting the back of your tongue close to the soft part at the top of your mouth
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velar• Loss of the velar fricative is a change that was finally adopted in near-standard vernaculars and formal styles.• Syllabic velar nasal is also possible in this context.• A new phoneme, the velar nasal, was born.Origin velar (1700-1800) Modern Latin velaris, from velum “back part of the top of the mouth”, from Latin; → VEIL1 