Postalveolar

In phonetics, postalveolar is a place of articulation where the passive articulator is the region of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the alveolar ridge. A postalveolar is also any specific sound made with this place of articulation.

Examples

[ʃ], [ʒ]

Subtypes

• apico-postalveolar, where the active articulator is the tongue tip.
• lamino-postalveolar, where the active articulator is the tongue blade.

Synonyms

• palato-alveolar
• (alveopalatal, alveolopalatal)
• (palatal)

While often used as synonyms for this place of articulation, the terms alveopalatal, alveolopalatal, and palatal have broader, narrower, or entirely different meanings.

Other languages

German postalveolar (de)