Coronal consonant

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Places of articulation

Labial

Bilabial

Labial-velar

Labial-alveolar

Labiodental

Coronal

Linguolabial

Interdental

Dental

Alveolar

Apical

Laminal

Postalveolar

Alveolo-palatal

Retroflex

Dorsal

Palatal

Labial-palatal

Velar

Uvular

Uvular-epiglottal

Radical

Pharyngeal

Epiglotto-pharyngeal

Epiglottal

Glottal

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Coronal consonants are articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue. Only the coronal consonants can be divided into apical (using the tongue tip), laminal (using the tongue blade), domed (with the tongue bunched up), or sub-apical (with the tongue curled back), as well as a few rarer orientations, because only the front of the tongue has such dexterity. Coronals also have another dimension, grooved, that is used to make sibilants in combination with the orientations above.

Coronal places of articulation include the dental consonants at the upper teeth, the alveolar consonants at the upper gum (the alveolar ridge), the various postalveolar consonants (domed palato-alveolar, laminal alveolo-palatal, and apical retroflex) just behind that, and the true retroflex consonants curled back against the hard palate.

(the list below is only partial, so far being just the alveolars)

IPA Symbol	Name of the consonant	Example	IPA
Template:IPA	Voiced alveolar fricative	zoo	Template:IPA
Template:IPA	Voiceless alveolar fricative	sea	Template:IPA
Template:IPA	Nasal alveolar sonorant	name	Template:IPA
Template:IPA	Voiced alveolar plosive	day	Template:IPA
Template:IPA	Voiceless alveolar plosive	tea	Template:IPA
Template:IPA	Alveolar approximant	root	Template:IPA
Template:IPA	Lateral alveolar approximant	light	Template:IPA

See also

• Place of articulation
• List of phonetics topicsde:Koronal

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