Places of
articulation
•
Labial
Bilabial
Labial-velar
Labial-alveolar
Labiodental
Dentolabial
•
Bidental
•
Coronal
Linguolabial
Interdental
Dental
Denti-alveolar
Alveolar
Apical
Laminal
Subapical
Postalveolar
Alveolo-palatal
Retroflex
•
Dorsal
Palatal
Labial-palatal
Velar
Uvular
Uvular-epiglottal
•
Radical
Pharyngeal
Epiglotto-pharyngeal
Epiglottal
•
Glottal
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Coronal consonants are articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue. Only the coronal consonants can be divided into apical (using the tip of the tongue), laminal (using the blade of the tongue), domed (with the tongue bunched up), or subapical (using the underside of the tongue), as well as a few rarer orientations[which?], because only the front of the tongue has such dexterity. Coronals also have another dimension, grooved, that is used to make sibilants in combination with the orientations above.
Coronal places of articulation include the dental consonants at the upper teeth, the alveolar consonants at the upper gum (the alveolar ridge), the various postalveolar consonants (domed palato-alveolar, laminal alveolo-palatal, and apical retroflex) just behind that, and the true retroflex consonants curled back against the hard palate.
(The list below is missing linguolabial, alveolo-palatal and retroflex consonants)
IPA
Symbol
Name of the consonant
Example
IPA
z
Voiced alveolar fricative
zoo
/zuː/
s
Voiceless alveolar fricative
sea
/siː/
ð
Voiced dental fricative
that
/ðæt/
θ
Voiceless dental fricative
thud
/θʌd/
ʒ
Voiced postalveolar fricative
vi
sion
/vɪʒən/
ʃ
Voiceless postalveolar fricative
she
/ʃiː/
n
Alveolar nasal
name
/neɪm/
d
Voiced alveolar plosive
day
/deɪ/
t
Voiceless alveolar plosive
tea
/tiː/
ɹ
Alveolar approximant
reef
/ɹiːf/
l
Lateral alveolar approximant
lift
/lɪft/
r
Alveolar trill
Spanish pe
rro
/pero/
ɾ
Alveolar tap
Spanish pe
ro
/peɾo/
See also
References