What are alveolo-palatal sibilants?

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What are alveolo-palatal sibilants?

Alveolo-palatal sibilants are also a feature of many Slavic languages, such as Polish, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian, and of Northwest Caucasian languages, such as Abkhaz and Ubykh. The alveolo-palatal consonants included in the International Phonetic Alphabet are: The letters ⟨ ɕ ⟩ and ⟨ ʑ ⟩ are essentially equivalent to ⟨ ʃʲ ⟩ and ⟨ ʒʲ ⟩.

What is the meaning of palato-alveolar?

Definition of palato-alveolar. : being in the more alveolar of two positions between alveolar and palatal — compare alveopalatal.
What are some examples of alveolo-palatal consonants?
For example, the Polish nasal represented with the letter ń is a palatalized laminal alveolar nasal and thus often described as alveolo-palatal rather than palatal. The "palatal" consonants of Indigenous Australian languages are also often closer to alveolo-palatal in their articulation. Extra-IPA. IPA. Description. Example. Language. Orthography.

Does the IPA have alveolo-palatal articulation?

The IPA doesn't have alveolo-palatal as a separate place of articulation; /ɕ/ and /ʑ/ are listed under "other symbols". Jason Riggle's phonological features chart likewise lists them simply under "more sounds", with no features given.

Which languages have alveolo-palatal nasal?

Many languages claimed to have a palatal nasal, such as Portuguese, actually have an alveolo-palatal nasal. This is likely true of several of the languages listed here. Some dialects of Irish as well as some non-standard dialects of Malayalam are reported to contrast alveolo-palatal and palatal nasals.
What are the symbols for alveolo-palatal stops?
Symbols for alveolo-palatal stops ( ȶ, ȡ ), nasals ( ȵ) and liquids ( ȴ) are sometimes used in sinological circles (a circumflex accent is also sometimes seen), but they are not recognized by the IPA.