- A
subapical consonant is a
consonant made by
contact with the
underside of the tip of the tongue. The only
common subapical articulations are in the postalveolar...
-
curled back so that
articulation involves the
underside of the
tongue tip (
subapical).
These sounds are
sometimes described as "true"
retroflex consonants...
- (using the
blade of the tongue),
domed (with the
tongue bunched up), or
subapical (using the
underside of the tongue) as well as
different postalveolar...
-
articulation [ʃ̻]), or with the
underside of the tip (a
subapical articulation).
Apical and
subapical articulations are
always "tongue-up", with the tip of...
- have more than one
voiceless retroflex sibilant, and it
distinguishes subapical palatal from
apical postalveolar retroflex sibilants; that is, both the...
-
articulation is retroflex,
which prototypically means it is
articulated subapical (with the tip of the
tongue curled up), but more generally, it
means that...
- letter. A
retroflex trill can be
written as a
retracted [r̠], just as non-
subapical retroflex fricatives sometimes are. The
remaining pulmonic consonants...
- or /a/. As in
other Dravidian languages, the
retroflex series are true
subapical consonants, in
which the
underside of the
tongue contacts the roof. All...
- the tongue:
laminal "closed" (see below),
laminal non-"closed", apical,
subapical Generally, the
values of the
different variables co-occur so as to produce...
-
articulation is retroflex,
which prototypically means it is
articulated subapical (with the tip of the
tongue curled up)[citation needed], but more generally...
