Speech sounds formed with a constriction between the dorsum (back) of the tongue and the soft palate or velum such that they vibrate loosely together. In English, there are two lingua-velar plosives: voiceless (e.g., ask, cock) and voiced (e.g., dog, good).
See Consonants, Fricative, Glottal, Labio-dental, Lateral sound, Lingua-alveolar (or alveolar), Lingua-dental (or dental), Lingua-palatal (or palatal), Palate, Plosive, Rhotic sound