Alveolar (definition)

An alveolar consonant is a sound made by raising the tongue to touch or approach the alveolar ridge. The alveolar ridge is the bony ridge behind the row of upper teeth and in front of the palate. Alveolar sounds have the widest range of possible manners of articulation. The alveolar consonants of English are [t, d, s, z, l, ɹ, n]; those in Gaelic include [n, s, l, r, ɾ].

See Also

• Postalveolar (definition)
• Coronal (definition)
• Place of Articulation (definition)
• Sounds of Scottish Gaelic

External Links

• Interactive IPA Charts

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_consonant

References

• Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
• Ladefoged, Peter (1993) A Course in Phonetics Third Edition. London: Harcourt Press.