dorsal consonant

Dorsal consonants are articulated with the mid body of the tongue (the dorsum).

However, the last large group of consonants, the dorsal consonants are an exception to both of these rules.

For the Borowiacki dialects and the Pomeranian language, the common feature was affrication of dorsal consonants.

Dorsal consonants include palatal, velar and uvular consonants.

They are front enough that the fricatives and affricates are sibilants, the only sibilants among the dorsal consonants.

Both the number of dorsal consonants (k-type sounds, i.e. stops pronounced in the back of the mouth) and their actual pronunciation are sources of controversy.

Two English approximants, Y as in yellow and W as in white, are also dorsal consonants, palatal and labialised velar respectively.

In phonetics, alveolo-palatal (or alveopalatal) consonants are intermediate in articulation between the coronal and dorsal consonants, or which have simultaneous alveolar and palatal articulation.

The Centum-Satem isogloss of the Indo-European language family relates to the different evolution of the dorsal consonants of Proto-Indo-European (PIE).

From the perspective of primary places of articulation, this includes all of the radical consonants and laryngeal consonants, and some of the dorsal consonants (specifically, excluding palatal consonants).