Postalveolar consonant

  • Labial
  • Bilabial
  • Labiodental
  • Dental
  • Alveolar
  • Alveolopalatal
  • Postalveolar
  • Retroflex
  • Palatal
  • Labiovelar
  • Velar
  • Uvular
  • Pharyngeal
  • Glottal

As a postalveolar or palatoalveolar those consonants are referred to in phonology, whose articulation is directly behind the tooth socket ( alveolar ridge, alveolus ).

Postalveolare in the German language, for example, the sh [ ʃ ] in beautiful or the sound of the second g [ ʒ ] in garage.

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