1. Difference between Alveolars and alveolo-palatals in Cantonese

2. Ladefoged and Maddieson characterize the alveolo-palatals as palatalized postAlveolars (palato-Alveolars), articulated with the blade of the tongue behind the alveolar ridge and the body of the tongue raised toward the palate, whereas Esling describes them as advanced palatals (pre-palatals), the furthest front of the dorsal consonants

3. Bilabials final consonant deletion final position alveolars final consonant deletion final position palatals final consonant deletion palatal fronting stoppin g final position velars velar assimilation (will affect other target sounds) final consonant deletion velar fronting final position