Coronal consonant

This article discusses the coronal sound in phonetics.

for the coronal (or coronal) plane see frontal plane
for coronal in dentistry see positional and directional designations on teeth
for coronal in astronomy, concerning the corona (of the sun), see e.g. coronal mass ejection

In phonetics, coronal (from Latin corona 'crown') refers to a speech sound in which the corona (fringe of the tongue) - the flexible front of the tongue - serves as the organ of articulation.

All German alveolar sounds are formed coronally:

Coronal-dental-alveolar are the following sounds:

[n] as in nose
[l] as in lamp
[s] as in tear
[z] as in soup
[t] as in day
[d] as in roof
[ts] as in cat

Coronal-alveolar are:

[ʃ] like in school
[tʃ] as in Czech Republic
[ʒ] as in garage
[dʒ] like in jungle

phonetic name according to organ of articulation

Coronal consonant

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