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unusual facts about coronal consonant


Coronal

Coronal consonant, a consonant that is articulated with the front part of the tongue


L-vocalization

Before coronal consonants, this produced Alderney, alter, bald, balderdash, bold, cold, false, falter, fold, gold, halt, hold, malt, molten, mould/mold, old, palsy, salt, shoulder (earlier sholder), smolder, told, Wald, Walter and wold (in the sense of "tract of land").


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