Editing Place of articulation (section)

==Coarticulation==
Some languages have consonants with two simultaneous places of articulation, which is called [[co-articulated consonant|coarticulation]]. When these are [[doubly articulated consonant|doubly articulated]], the articulators must be independently movable, and therefore there may be only one each from the major categories ''labial, coronal, dorsal'' and ''pharyngeal''.

The only common doubly articulated consonants are [[labial–velar consonant|labial–velar]] stops like {{IPA|[k͡p]}}, {{IPA|[ɡ͡b]}} and less commonly {{IPA|[ŋ͡m]}}, which are found throughout [[Western Africa]] and [[Central Africa]]. Other combinations are rare but include [[labial–alveolar consonant|labial–(post)alveolar stops]] {{IPA|[t͡p d͡b n͡m]}}, found as distinct consonants only in [[Yélî Dnye language|a single language in New Guinea]], and a [[uvular–epiglottal consonant|uvular–epiglottal]] stop, {{IPA|[q͡ʡ]}}, found in [[Somali language|Somali]].

More commonly, coarticulation involves [[secondary articulation]] of an [[approximant consonant|approximantic]] nature. Then, both articulations can be similar such as labialized labial {{IPA|[mʷ]}} or palatalized velar {{IPA|[kʲ]}}. That is the case of English {{IPA|[w]}}, which is a velar consonant with secondary labial articulation.

Common coarticulations include these:

* [[Labialization]], rounding the lips while producing the obstruction, as in {{IPA|[kʷ]}} and English {{IPA|[w]}}.
* [[Palatalization (phonetics)|Palatalization]], raising the body of the tongue toward the hard palate while producing the obstruction, as in [[Russian language|Russian]] {{IPA|[tʲ]}} and {{IPA|[ɕ]}}.
* [[Velarization]], raising the back of the tongue toward the soft palate ([[soft palate|velum]]), as in the English dark el, {{IPA|[lˠ]}} (also transcribed {{IPA|[ɫ]}}).
* [[Pharyngealization]], constriction of the throat ([[human pharynx|pharynx]]), such as [[Arabic language|Arabic]] "emphatic" {{IPA|[tˤ]}}.