A palatal fricative is a type of fricative consonant that is also a palatal consonant. The two main types of palatal fricatives are:
- voiceless palatal fricative
- voiced palatal fricative
They are produced with the friction of the dorsum of the tongue against the hard palate. In some dialects of English, acts as an allophone for /hj/, and some loanwords may start with .), or as alternative realizations of the voiced palatal approximant.