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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Postalveolar (definition)]]
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*[[Palatal (definition)]]
 
*[[Place of Articulation (definition)]]
 
*[[Place of Articulation (definition)]]
*[[Consonant (definition)]]
 
 
*[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
 
*[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
*[http://www.paulmeier.com/ipa/charts.html Interactive IPA Charts]
 
*[http://www.paulmeier.com/ipa/charts.html Interactive IPA Charts]
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_consonant
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_consonant
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 10:01, 10 November 2020

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.

  • the alveolar consonants of English are [t, d, s, z, l, ɹ, n]
  • the alveolar consonants of Gaelic are [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.