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Dorsal consonants are articulated with the mid body of the tongue
Tongue

The tongue is skeletal muscle on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing . It is the primary organ of taste. Much of the upper surface of the tongue is covered in papillae and taste buds....
 (the dorsum). They contrast with coronal consonant
Coronal consonant

Coronal consonants are articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue. Only the coronal consonants can be divided into apical consonant , laminal consonant , domed consonant , or sub-apical consonant , as well as a few rarer orientations, because only the front of the tongue has such dexterity....
s articulated with the flexible front of the tongue, and radical consonant
Radical consonant

Radical consonants are those consonants articulated with the root of the tongue in the throat. They include the pharyngeal consonant and epiglottal consonant places of articulation....
s articulated with the root of the tongue.

The dorsum of the tongue can contact a broad region of the roof of the mouth, from the hard palate
Palate

The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and vertebrate animals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony hard palate, and the posterior fleshy soft palate or velum....
 (so-called palatal consonant
Palatal consonant

Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate . Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate are called retroflex consonant....
s), the flexible velum
Velum

The term, velum, derived from Latin velum, meaning a "sail", "curtain," "awning" or "veil", has several quite separate meanings in biology:...
 behind that (velar consonant
Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth, known also as the Soft palate)....
s), to the uvula
Uvula

The uvula is the conic projection from the posterior edge of the middle of the soft palate, composed of connective tissue containing a number of alveolar gland, and some muscular fibers ....
 at the back of the mouth cavity (uvular consonant
Uvular consonant

Uvulars are consonants articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the Palatine uvula, that is, further back in the mouth than velar consonants....
s).






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Dorsal consonants are articulated with the mid body of the tongue
Tongue

The tongue is skeletal muscle on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing . It is the primary organ of taste. Much of the upper surface of the tongue is covered in papillae and taste buds....
 (the dorsum). They contrast with coronal consonant
Coronal consonant

Coronal consonants are articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue. Only the coronal consonants can be divided into apical consonant , laminal consonant , domed consonant , or sub-apical consonant , as well as a few rarer orientations, because only the front of the tongue has such dexterity....
s articulated with the flexible front of the tongue, and radical consonant
Radical consonant

Radical consonants are those consonants articulated with the root of the tongue in the throat. They include the pharyngeal consonant and epiglottal consonant places of articulation....
s articulated with the root of the tongue.

The dorsum of the tongue can contact a broad region of the roof of the mouth, from the hard palate
Palate

The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and vertebrate animals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony hard palate, and the posterior fleshy soft palate or velum....
 (so-called palatal consonant
Palatal consonant

Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate . Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate are called retroflex consonant....
s), the flexible velum
Velum

The term, velum, derived from Latin velum, meaning a "sail", "curtain," "awning" or "veil", has several quite separate meanings in biology:...
 behind that (velar consonant
Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth, known also as the Soft palate)....
s), to the uvula
Uvula

The uvula is the conic projection from the posterior edge of the middle of the soft palate, composed of connective tissue containing a number of alveolar gland, and some muscular fibers ....
 at the back of the mouth cavity (uvular consonant
Uvular consonant

Uvulars are consonants articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the Palatine uvula, that is, further back in the mouth than velar consonants....
s). These distinctions are not clear cut, and sometimes finer gradations such as pre-palatal, pre-velar, and post-velar will be noted.

Because the tip of the tongue can curl back to also contact the hard palate for retroflex consonant
Retroflex consonant

In phonetics, retroflex consonants are consonant sounds used in some languages. The tongue is placed behind the alveolar ridge, and may even be curled back to touch the palate: that is, they are articulated in the postalveolar consonant to palatal consonant region of the mouth....
s, consonants produced by contact between the dorsum and the palate are sometimes called dorso-palatal.

The most common pronunciation of the English letter G (as in the garden or to grab) is dorsal, a voiced velar plosive
Voiced velar plosive

The voiced velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some Speech communication languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is g....
.

The pronunciation of the letters K, Q, and sometimes C (as in the cake or to crawl) is similarly dorsal, a voiceless velar plosive
Voiceless velar plosive

The voiceless velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many Speech communication languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is k....
.

Two English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 approximants, Y as in yellow and W as in white, are also dorsal consonants, palatal and labialised velar respectively.

The German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 CH sound, found in Scottish English
Scottish English

Scottish English refers to the Variety of English language spoken in Scotland. It may or may not include Scots language depending on the observer....
 loch, is a dorsal fricative.

See also

  • Place of articulation
    Place of articulation

    In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation of a consonant is the point of contact, where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an active articulator and a passive articulator ....
  • List of phonetics topics
    List of phonetics topics

    A * Acoustic phonetics* Active articulator* Affricate* Airstream mechanism* Alfred C. Gimson* Allophone* Alveolar approximant* Alveolar consonant...