• Alveolar consonants (/ælˈviːələr/ ; UK also /ælviˈoʊlər/) are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called...
    9 KB (570 words) - 00:46, 26 April 2025
  • delimiters. Postalveolar (post-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. Articulation is...
    21 KB (1,848 words) - 19:58, 4 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Laminal consonant
    spans the alveolar ridge to the teeth but is a little farther forward than other alveolar laminal consonants, which cover more of the alveolar ridge and...
    6 KB (726 words) - 16:19, 24 May 2025
  • The voiced alveolar tap or flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that...
    24 KB (1,415 words) - 04:30, 24 May 2025
  • linguistics, a denti-alveolar consonant or dento-alveolar consonant is a consonant that is articulated with a flat tongue against the alveolar ridge and the...
    2 KB (247 words) - 04:47, 19 February 2025
  • Thumbnail for Alveolar click
    The alveolar or postalveolar clicks are a family of click consonants found only in Africa and in the Damin ritual jargon of Australia. The tongue is more...
    13 KB (1,023 words) - 07:17, 25 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Apical consonant
    is some laminal contact in the alveolar region, the apicolaminal dental consonants are also labelled as denti-alveolar. It is not a very common distinction...
    4 KB (463 words) - 16:53, 22 January 2025
  • distinguished from other groups, such as alveolar consonants, in which the tongue contacts the gum ridge. Dental consonants share acoustic similarity and in the...
    7 KB (499 words) - 16:08, 13 April 2025
  • tongue makes contact with the upper teeth (see dental consonant) or the upper gum (see alveolar consonant), but there are many other possible places for laterals...
    17 KB (1,743 words) - 13:49, 3 May 2025
  • Labial–alveolar consonants are doubly articulated consonants that are co-articulated at the lips and the front part of the tongue against the alveolar ridge...
    2 KB (154 words) - 21:31, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Voiceless dental, alveolar and postalveolar nasals
    The voiceless alveolar nasal is a type of consonant in some languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent the sound are...
    9 KB (662 words) - 06:06, 30 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar lateral approximants
    The voiced dental, alveolar, and postalveolar lateral approximants are a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International...
    50 KB (2,766 words) - 20:13, 29 May 2025
  • The voiceless alveolar fricatives are a type of fricative consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line)...
    78 KB (5,802 words) - 14:44, 26 May 2025
  • A voiceless alveolar affricate is a type of affricate consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line) just...
    33 KB (1,937 words) - 14:29, 24 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Voiced dental and alveolar lateral fricatives
    The voiced alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...
    11 KB (928 words) - 22:17, 8 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Voiced alveolar and postalveolar approximants
    The voiced alveolar and postalveolar approximants are types of consonantal sounds used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic...
    20 KB (1,108 words) - 01:54, 27 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Retroflex consonant
    (/kəˈkjuːmɪnəl/ ) consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and...
    22 KB (1,867 words) - 16:38, 4 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Dental and alveolar ejective stops
    The alveolar and dental ejective stops are types of consonantal sounds, usually described as voiceless, that are pronounced with a glottalic egressive...
    8 KB (585 words) - 01:03, 2 May 2025
  • The alveolar nasal click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...
    4 KB (389 words) - 08:14, 8 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pharyngealization
    articulations of coronal consonants. Dark l tends to be dental or denti-alveolar, but clear l tends to be retracted to an alveolar position. Arabic and Syriac...
    13 KB (1,033 words) - 00:20, 6 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives
    The voiceless alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...
    52 KB (3,730 words) - 19:35, 30 May 2025
  • dictionary. A voiced alveolar affricate is a type of affricate consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line)...
    23 KB (1,300 words) - 13:39, 10 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Alveolo-palatal consonant
    simultaneous alveolar and palatal articulation. In the official IPA chart, alveolo-palatals would appear between the retroflex and palatal consonants but for...
    13 KB (1,031 words) - 12:28, 26 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Voiceless alveolar trill
    The voiceless alveolar trill differs from the voiced alveolar trill /r/ only by the vibrations of the vocal cord. It occurs in a few languages, usually...
    12 KB (727 words) - 17:15, 29 April 2025
  • The voiced (post)alveolar click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in the International Phonetic...
    3 KB (363 words) - 07:30, 25 May 2025
  • the dental consonants at the upper teeth, the alveolar consonants at the upper gum (the alveolar ridge), the various postalveolar consonants (including...
    6 KB (301 words) - 09:59, 23 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Voiced dental and alveolar implosives
    The voiced alveolar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...
    7 KB (528 words) - 23:36, 24 May 2025
  • The voiced alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...
    38 KB (1,921 words) - 18:39, 31 May 2025
  • alveolar stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with the tongue in contact with the alveolar ridge located just behind the teeth (hence alveolar)...
    4 KB (438 words) - 11:32, 10 April 2023
  • The voiceless alveolar tap or flap is rare as a phoneme. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɾ̥⟩, a combination...
    4 KB (286 words) - 20:17, 28 January 2025