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Alveolar consonant
Alveolars are consonants articulated with the tip of the tongue against the alveolar ridge, the internal side of the upper gums (known as the alveoles of the upper teeth). The alveolar consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are:
| IPA | Description | Example | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning | ||
| alveolar nasal | English | run | [n] | run |
| voiceless alveolar plosive | English | tap | [tʰæp] | tap |
| voiced alveolar plosive | English | debt | [dɛt] | debt |
| voiceless alveolar fricative | English | suit | [sut] | suit |
| voiced alveolar fricative | English | zoo | [zu] | zoo |
| voiceless alveolar lateral fricative | Mishnaic Hebrew | שׂין (śîn) | [ɬiːn̪] | The letter śîn |
| voiced alveolar lateral fricative | Mishnaic Hebrew | למד (lāmedh) | [ˈɮɔː.mɛð] | The letter lāmedh |
| alveolar approximant | English | red | [ɹɛd] | red |
| alveolar lateral approximant | English | loop | [lup] | loop |
| alveolar flap | Spanish | pero | [peɾo] | but |
| alveolar lateral flap | Venda | [vuɺa] | to open | |
| alveolar trill | Spanish | perro | [pero] | dog |
| alveolar ejective | |||||
| alveolar ejective fricative | |||||
| voiced alveolar implosive | ||||
| lateral alveolar click | Nama | ||î | [||ĩĩ] | discussed |
See also
03-10-2013 05:06:04
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