Postalveolar consonant


Postalveolar consonant - Definition

Places of articulation

Labial consonant

Postalveolar consonant

Alveolo-palatal consonant

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Postalveolar (or palato-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tip of the tongue between the alveolar ridge (the place of articulation for alveolar consonants) and the palate (the place of articulation for palatal consonants). The affricate consonants are a combination of plosive and fricative consonants articulated almost simultaneous. The postalveolar consonsants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

IPA	Description	Example
IPA	Description	Language	Orthography	IPA	Meaning
	Voiced postalveolar affricate	English	jug	[dʒʌg]	jug
	Voiceless postalveolar affricate	English	chip	[tʃɪp]	chip
	Voiced postalveolar fricative	Portuguese	jacto	[ʒatu]	jet
	Voiceless postalveolar fricative	Italian	scimmia	[ʃimːia]	monkey
	Postalveolar click

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