Coronals

/kəˈroʊnəlz/ noun

Definition

Plural of coronal; in phonetics, consonant sounds produced with the tongue touching or near the alveolar ridge, or plural anatomical structures related to coronae.

Etymology

From coronal (Latin coronalis, crown-related) + -s. In linguistics, coronals are classified by tongue position during articulation.

Kelly Says

Most languages in the world use coronals—sounds like 't,' 'd,' 'n,' and 's'—more than any other consonant type, which tells us something fundamental about how human mouths are physically shaped!

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