alveolo-palatal consonant

In phonetics, alveolo-palatal are consonants articulated with the tip of the tongue between the alveolar ridge and the palate, but closer to the palate than for postalveolar consonants. Alveolo-palatal consonants can be found in Chinese languages such as Mandarin, Hakka, and Wu, as well as Abkhaz, Polish, Ubykh, Japanese, and Kinnauri. The alveolo-palatal consonants in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

rowspan="2" \| IPA	rowspan="2" \| Description	colspan="4" \| Example
Language	Orthography	IPA	Meaning
\| Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative \| Hungarian \| zseb \| style="color:#700000"> \| pocket
\| Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative \| Mandarin \| 小 (xiǎo) \| style="color:#700000"> \| small

Note: The table displays only fricatives. Other alveolo-palatal consonants such as stops (), affricates (), nasals (), and liquids () are also possible but less common.

Alveolo-palatal Consonant

See also