varieties of Arabic, including Hadhrami Arabic (also spelt Hadrami ), realizes [t] as laminal but [d] as apical. The Basque language uses this distinction for alveolar fricatives, as does Serbo-Croatian . Mandarin Chinese uses it for postalveolar fricatives (the "alveolo-palatal" and "retroflex" series). St'at'imcets uses this as a secondary feature in