Coronal consonant

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Coronals are consonants

retroflex. Only the front of the tongue (coronal) has such dexterity among the major places of articulation, allowing such variety of distinctions. Coronals have another dimension, grooved, to make sibilants
in combination with the orientations above.

Places of articulation

Coronal

alveolar ridge), the various postalveolar consonants (including domed palato-alveolar, laminal alveolo-palatal, and apical retroflex) just behind that, the subapical retroflex consonants curled back against the hard palate, and linguolabial consonants with the tongue against the upper lip. Alveolo-palatal and linguolabial consonants sometimes behave as dorsal and labial
consonants, respectively, rather than as coronals.

Coronal sibilants
IPA
symbol
meaning
place
of articulation
passive
(mouth)
dental
)
alveolar
retracted
(postalveolar
)
active
(tongue)
apical
laminal
ʂ
retroflex
secondary palatalized coronal
ɕ
alveolo-palatal
ʃ
palato-alveolar
labialized
coronal
velarized
coronal
pharyngealized
coronal
voice-onset time
aspirated coronal

Examples

In Arabic and Maltese philology, the sun letters represent coronal consonants.

European

European coronal consonants
IPA
symbol
Name of the consonant Language Example IPA
z
Voiced alveolar sibilant
English zoo /zuː/
s
Voiceless alveolar sibilant
sea /siː/
ð Voiced dental fricative that /ðæt/
θ Voiceless dental fricative thud /θʌd/
ʒ
Voiced palato-alveolar fricative
vision /ˈvɪʒən/
ʃ
Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative
she /ʃiː/
n
Alveolar nasal
name /neɪm/
d
Voiced alveolar plosive
day /deɪ/
t
Voiceless alveolar plosive
tea /tiː/
ɹ
Alveolar approximant
reef /ɹiːf/
l
Alveolar lateral approximant
lift /lɪft/
r
Alveolar trill
Spanish perro /ˈpero/
ɾ
Alveolar flap
pero /ˈpeɾo/

Australian Aboriginal

In Australian Aboriginal languages, coronals contrast with peripheral consonants.

Australian coronal consonants[1]
Laminal Apical
Alveopalatal
Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Stop
c ~ t̠ʲ t ʈ
Nasal ɲ ~ n̠ʲ n ɳ
Lateral ʎ ~ l̠ʲ l ɭ

See also

References

Further reading