Coronal consonant
- Coronal consonant
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Places of
articulation
LabialBilabial Labial–velar Labial–coronal Labiodental Dentolabial
Bidental
CoronalLinguolabial Interdental Dental Denti-alveolar Alveolar Postalveolar Palato-alveolar Alveolo-palatal Retroflex
DorsalPalatal Labial–palatal Velar Uvular Uvular–epiglottal
RadicalPharyngeal Epiglotto-pharyngeal Epiglottal
GlottalTongue shape
ApicalLaminal Subapical
LateralSulcal
PalatalPharyngeal
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Coronal consonants are consonants 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. In Arabic and Maltese philology the sun letters represent coronal consonants.
Places of articulation
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, the true retroflex consonants curled back against the hard palate, and linguolabial consonants with the tongue against the upper lip.
Familiar coronal consonants
(missing: linguolabial, alveolo-palatal, retroflex)IPA
SymbolName of the consonant Example IPA z Voiced alveolar fricative zoo /zʊŭ/ s Voiceless alveolar fricative sea /siː/ ð Voiced dental fricative that /ðæt/ θ Voiceless dental fricative thud /θʌd/ ʒ Voiced postalveolar fricative vision /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 perro /pero/ ɾ Alveolar tap Spanish pero /peɾo/ See also
- Peripheral consonants, the set of non-coronal consonants
- Apical consonant
- Laminal consonant
- Subapical consonant
- Place of articulation
- List of phonetics topics
References
- Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19814-8.
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