Coronal consonant
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| Places of articulation |
| Labial |
| Bilabial |
| Labiodental |
| Linguolabial |
| Labial-velar |
| Coronal |
| Interdental |
| Dental |
| Retroflex |
| Alveolar |
| Postalveolar |
| Alveolo-palatal |
| Dorsal |
| Palatal |
| Labial-palatal |
| Velar |
| Uvular |
| Pharyngeal |
| Epiglottal |
| Glottal |
| Apical |
| Laminal |
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Coronal consonants are articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue. Only the coronal consonants can be divided into apical (using the tongue tip), laminal (using the tongue blade), domed (with the tongue bunched up), or sub-apical (with the tongue curled back), as well as a few rarer orientations, because only the front of the tongue has such dexterity. Coronals also have another dimension, grooved, that is used to make sibilants in combination with the orientations above.
Coronal places of articulation include the dental consonants at the upper teeth, the alveolar consonants at the upper gum (the alveolar ridge), the various postalveolar consonants (domed palato-alveolar, laminal alveolo-palatal, and apical retroflex) just behind that, and the true retroflex consonants curled back against the hard palate.
(the list below is only partial, so far being just the alveolars)
| IPA Symbol | Name of the consonant | Example | IPA |
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| Missing image Xsampa-z.png Image:Xsampa-z.png | Voiced alveolar fricative | the zoo | Missing image Xsampa-z.png Image:Xsampa-z.png Missing image Xsampa-u.png Image:Xsampa-u.png 
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 | Voiceless alveolar fricative | the sea | 
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 | Nasal alveolar sonorant | the name |   Missing imageXsampa-m.png Image:Xsampa-m.png |
| Missing image Xsampa-d.png Image:Xsampa-d.png | Voiced alveolar plosive | the day | Missing image Xsampa-d.png Image:Xsampa-d.png
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 | Voiceless alveolar plosive | the tea |
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 | Alveolar approximant | the root | Missing image Xsampa-u.png Image:Xsampa-u.png
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 | Lateral alveolar approximant | the light | Missing image Xsampa-a.png Image:Xsampa-a.png
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