postalveolar consonant

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:

rowspan="2" width=50 \| IPA	rowspan="2" \| Description	colspan="4" \| Example
Language	Orthography	width=80 \| IPA	Meaning
\| Voiced postalveolar affricate \| English \| jug \| [] \| jug
\| Voiceless postalveolar affricate \| English \| chip \| [] \| chip
\| Voiced postalveolar fricative \| English \| vision \| [] \| vision
\| Voiceless postalveolar fricative \| English \| ship \| [] \| ship
\| Postalveolar click \| \| \| \|

Postalveolar Consonant

See also