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Alveolo-palatal consonant



         


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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


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