Alveolar Consonants in IPA
Alveolar consonants are transcribed in the IPA as follows:
| IPA | Description | Example | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning in English | ||
| alveolar nasal | English | run | run | ||
| voiceless alveolar stop | English | stop | stop | ||
| voiced alveolar stop | English | debt | debt | ||
| voiceless alveolar fricative | English | suit | suit | ||
| voiced alveolar fricative | English | zoo | zoo | ||
| voiceless alveolar affricate | German | Zeit | time | ||
| voiced alveolar affricate | Italian | zaino | backpack | ||
| voiceless alveolar lateral fricative | Welsh | Llwyd | the name Lloyd or Floyd | ||
| voiced alveolar lateral fricative | Zulu | dlala | to play | ||
| t͡ɬ | voiceless alveolar lateral affricate | Tsez | элIни | winter | |
| d͡ɮ | voiced alveolar lateral affricate | Oowekyala | |||
| alveolar approximant | English | red | red | ||
| alveolar lateral approximant | English | loop | loop | ||
| velarized alveolar lateral approximant | English | milk | milk | ||
| alveolar flap | English | better | better | ||
| alveolar lateral flap | Venda | to open | |||
| alveolar trill | Spanish | perro | dog | ||
| alveolar ejective | Georgian | ტიტა | tulip | ||
| alveolar ejective fricative | Amharic | grace | |||
| alveolar lateral ejective fricative | Adyghe | плӀы | four | ||
| voiced alveolar implosive | Vietnamese | đã | Past tense indicator | ||
| alveolar lateral click | Nama | ǁî | discussed | ||
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