Editing Coronal consonant (section)

{{Short description|Type of consonant sound involving tongue placement}}
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'''Coronals''' are consonants [[place of articulation|articulated]] with the flexible front part of the [[tongue]]. Among places of articulation, only the coronal consonants can be divided into as many articulation types: [[apical consonant|apical]] (using the tip of the tongue), [[laminal consonant|laminal]] (using the blade of the tongue), [[domed consonant|domed]] (with the tongue bunched up), or [[subapical consonant|subapical]] (using the underside of the tongue) as well as different [[postalveolar consonant|postalveolar]] articulations (some of which also involve the back of the tongue as an articulator): [[palato-alveolar]], [[alveolo-palatal]] and [[retroflex]]. Only the front of the tongue (coronal) has such dexterity among the major places of articulation, allowing such variety of distinctions. Coronals have another dimension, [[sulcalization|grooved]], to make [[sibilant]]s in combination with the orientations above.