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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 simultaneously. The postalveolar consonsants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

IPA Description Example
Language Orthography IPA Meaning
Image:Xsampa-Z2.png Voiced postalveolar fricative English vision [ən] vision
Image:Xsampa-S2.png Voiceless postalveolar fricative English ship [ʃɪp] ship
Image:Xsampa-d.pngImage:Xsampa-Z2.png Voiced postalveolar affricate English jug [dʒʌg] jug
Image:Xsampa-t.pngImage:Xsampa-S2.png Voiceless postalveolar affricate English chip [tʃɪp] chip
Image:Xsampa-exclamationslash.png Postalveolar click

See also
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