Postalveolar (or palato-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tip of the tongue between the alveolar ridge (the place of articulation for alveolar consonants) and the palate (the place of articulation for palatal consonants). The affricate consonants are a combination of plosive and fricative consonants articulated almost simultaneously. The postalveolar consonsants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

IPA	Description	Example
		Language	Orthography	IPA	Meaning
	Voiced postalveolar fricative	English	vision	[ən]	vision
	Voiceless postalveolar fricative	English	ship	[ʃɪp]	ship
	Voiced postalveolar affricate	English	jug	[dʒʌg]	jug
	Voiceless postalveolar affricate	English	chip	[tʃɪp]	chip
	Postalveolar click

See also

• Place of articulation
• List of phonetics topics