This paper examines lingual-palatal articulatory characteristics of Shekgalagari plosives by
means of electro-palatography (EPG). Qualitative and quantitative description is provided on
the type and extent of articulatory movements for Shekgalagari stops and for the variations
observable between the voice types. The results show that the voiceless aspirated stops have the
greatest area of contact for all the three places of articulation; the unaspirated plosives also
showing area of contact which is slightly greater than that of the voiced plosives. Furthermore,
on average, the velar plosives show the least area of contact followed by dental plosives and
lastly the palatal plosives. The findings of the experiment in this study are discussed in the light
of constraints on the tongue during the production of sounds and in the light of the findings
reported in the literature for similar studies in other languages. It was found that the difference
in contact pattern between the stop types implies that the tongue has a slightly higher position for
the voiceless stops than for the voiced ones, since the voiceless counterparts consistently showed
higher percentage of on-electrodes, albeit marginally

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