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Postalveolar consonant

Postalveolar (post-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. Articulation is farther back in the mouth than the alveolar consonants, which are at the ridge itself, but not as far back as the hard palate, the place of articulation for palatal consonants. Examples of postalveolar…

Art, Postalveolar sibilants & Postalveolar non-sibilants

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Postalveolar sibilants

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Postalveolar non-sibilants

Postalveolar clicks

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Postalveolar consonant

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postalveolar retroflex sounds alveolo-palatal palatalized laminal tongue alveolar languages sibilants consonants palatal palato-alveolar apical also distinction subapical teeth tip occur

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palatalizationinstance ofalong with any secondary articulation0.80text
the extinct Ubykh have the tongue tip resting directly against the lower teeth rather than in the hollowed areainstance ofthe palato-alveolar sibilants in Northwest Caucasian languages0.80text
resulting in the absence of a sublingual cavityinstance ofthe palato-alveolar sibilants in Northwest Caucasian languages0.80text
Mandarin Chineseinstance ofMore common are languages0.80text
Polishinstance ofMore common are languages0.80text
which distinguish two postalveolar sibilantsinstance ofMore common are languages0.80text
typically /ʂinstance ofMore common are languages0.80text
ɕ/ since they are maximally distinct.The attested possibilitiesinstance ofMore common are languages0.80text
with exemplar languagesinstance ofMore common are languages0.80text
are as followsinstance ofMore common are languages0.80text
Vietnameseinstance ofoccur in a number of languages across the world such as in South Asian languages such as Hindi and various East Asian languages0.80text
/rn/ or /rtinstance ofthey are then often considered to be allophones of sequences0.80text

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