Alveolo-palatal consonant

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Places of articulation
Labial consonant
Bilabial consonant
Labiodental consonant
Linguolabial consonant
Coronal consonant
Interdental consonant
Dental consonant
Retroflex consonant
Alveolar consonant
Postalveolar consonant
Alveolo-palatal consonant
Dorsal consonant
Palatal consonant
Labial-palatal consonant
Velar consonant
Labial-velar consonant
Uvular consonant
Pharyngeal consonant
Epiglottal consonant
Glottal 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 Chinese, Hakka, Wu (Shanghainese) etc., as well as in Abkhaz, Polish and Ubykh.


The following table displays only fricatives; other alveolo-palatal consonants like stops, nasals, are also possible. The alveolo-palatal consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:


IPA SymbolNameExampleMeaning
ɕ Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative
ʑ Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative


See also

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