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Meaning of apicopalatal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Articulated with the tip of the tongue against the palate.

Examples

“Labialized apicopalatal trill : The production of this sound is identical to that of […] except that the lips are rounded during the articulation ...”
“[…] the apicopalatal ("retroflex") consonants require a difficult maneuvering of the apex in their ...”
“(4) The /r/ in the word-medial /ri/ in the Tokyo dialect corresponds to the apicopalatal fricative.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

apicoplastic apicopostalveolar apicoposterior apicoprepalatal apicoseptal apicoventral

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