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An alveolar consonant is a sound made by the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, the bony ridge behind the upper teeth and in front of the palate.
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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].
 
 
*the alveolar consonants of English are [t, d, s, z, l, ɹ, n]
 
*the alveolar consonants of Gaelic are [n, s, l, r, ɾ]
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
*[[Postalveolar (definition)]]
 
*[[Postalveolar (definition)]]
*[[Palatal (definition)]]
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*[[Coronal (definition)]]
 
*[[Place of Articulation (definition)]]
 
*[[Place of Articulation (definition)]]
 
*[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
 
*[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]

Revision as of 10:24, 10 November 2020

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].

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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.