Laminal_consonant Laminal_consonant

Laminal consonant - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Affirmative, Allophone, Alveolar, Apical, Articulation, Aspiration, Assimilated, Assimilation, Automatic, Back, Balanced, Bilabial

A laminal consonant is a phone produced by obstructing the air passage with the flattened end of the tongue. This contrasts with apical consonants, which are produced by creating a blockage with the tongue tip only. This is not a very common distinction, and typically applied only to fricatives and affricates. The Basque language uses this distinction, as does Serbo-Croatian.


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Example Usage of consonant
Mz_Amos: is going to continue to be consonant in my giving so i can recieve my blessings
LuvLizards: I'm in a horrible mood...I suggest no one who last name end in a consonant or vowel say shit to me for the remainder of 2009.
scanman: Google Transliteration http://bit.ly/6JVPGE does a decent job for Tamil. Not so for Malayalam. Vowel+consonant combinations are screwed up.
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