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palatography.

A technique used to identify which parts of the mouth are used when making a certain sound, by painting a colouring agent on the tongue or roof of a subject's mouth and photographing those areas after the subject has pronounced the sound.

12 characters5 syllables approx.English language

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noun/ˌpæləˈtɑɡrəfi/US
  1. A technique used to identify which parts of the mouth are used when making a certain sound, by painting a colouring agent on the tongue or roof of a subject's mouth and photographing those areas after the subject has pronounced the sound.

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Where this word comes from

From palato- + -graphy.

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