Alveolo-palatal consonant
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Sagittal section of alveolo-palatal fricative |
In
phonetics,
alveolo-palatal (or
alveopalatal)
consonants are
palatalized postalveolar fricatives, articulated with the blade of the
tongue behind the
alveolar ridge, and the body of the tongue raised toward the
palate. They are similar to
palato-alveolar and
retroflex fricatives, but are
laminal rather than
apical or
sub-apical as the retroflex fricatives are, and are more fully palatalized than the "domed" palato-alveolar fricatives are. Alveolo-palatal sibilants can be found in Chinese languages such as
Mandarin,
Hakka, and
Wu, as well as
Abkhaz,
Polish,
Russian,
Ubykh,
Japanese,
Korean, and
Serbian.
Kinnauri uses alveolo-palatal nasal. The alveolo-palatal consonants in the
International Phonetic Alphabet are:
Note: The table displays only
sibilants. In
sinological circles symbols for alveolo-palatal stops (),
nasals (), and
liquids () are used, but they often represent simple palatal or palatalized consonants, and thus are not recognized by the IPA.
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