Alveolo-palatal consonant

Places of articulation

Labial consonant

Bilabial consonant

Labiodental consonant

Linguolabial consonant

Coronal consonant

Interdental consonant

Dental consonant

Retroflex consonant

Alveolar consonant

Postalveolar consonant

Alveolo-palatal consonant

Dorsal consonant

Palatal consonant

Labial-palatal consonant

Velar consonant

Labial-velar consonant

Uvular consonant

Pharyngeal consonant

Epiglottal consonant

Glottal consonant

Place of articulation

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In phonetics, alveolo-palatal are consonants articulated with the tip of the tongue between the alveolar ridge and the palate, but closer to the palate than for postalveolar consonants.

Alveolo-palatal consonants can be found in Chinese languages such as Mandarin Chinese, Hakka, Wu (Shanghainese) etc.

The following table displays only fricatives; other alveolo-palatal consonants like stops, nasals, are also possible. The alveolo-palatal consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

IPA Symbol	Name	Example		Meaning
ɕ	Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative
ʑ	Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative

See also

• place of articulation
• List of phonetics topics