Postalveolar Consonants

Postalveolar consonants are consonants that have the blade of the tongue as the active articulator and the boundary between the alveolar ridge and the hard palatte as the passive articulator. When pronouncing these consonants the tip of the tongue is lowered and the blade of the tongue is raised.

In Orish, postalveolar fricatives and affricates are the only phonemic postalveolar consonants.

Postalveolar Consonants in Orish

 * Ʃ - represents the unvoiced postalveolar fricative.
 * Ʒ - represents the voiced postalveolar fricative.
 * TƩ - represents the unvoiced postalveolar affricate.
 * DƷ - represents the voiced postalveolar affricate.