Laminal consonant
| Manners of articulation |
| Nasal consonant |
| Stop consonant |
| Fricative consonant |
| Affricate consonant |
| Apical consonant |
| Laminal consonant |
| Lateral consonant |
| Approximant consonant |
| Semivowel |
| Liquid consonant |
| Flap consonant |
| Trill consonant |
| Ejective consonant |
| Implosive consonant |
| Click consonant |
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A laminal consonant is a phone produced by obstructing the air passage with the blade of the tongue (which is the area just behind the apex of the tongue). This contrasts with apical consonants, which are produced by creating an obstruction with the tongue apex (or tongue tip) only.
This is not a very common distinction, and typically applied only to fricatives and affricates.
The Basque language uses this distinction, as does Serbo-Croatian.
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