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CONSONANTS (two classifications: manner of articulation (the way in

which the air escapes HOW? and place of articulation WHERE?)

1) PLOSIVES (the way air escapes)


a-bilabial (lips)

/p/ voiceless /b/ voiced

b-alveolar (palate, tongue)

/t/ voiceless /d/ voiced

c-velar (soft palate and tongue)

/k/ voiceless /g/ voiced

2) FRICATIVES

/f/ labio-dental voiceless (few, flower)

/v/ labio-dental voiced (vase, voice)

ᶿ dental fricative – voiceless (think, thanks, breath(n.) )


ᶞ dental fricative- voiced (there, they, weather, breath (v.) )

/s/ alveolar – fricative voiceless (snake, sand, sing)


/z/ alveolar fricative voiced (zoo, easy, Brazil, example)

ᶴ palatal –alveolar fricative voicelss (shower, shoes, shopping)


ʒ palatal – alveolar fricative voiced (pleasure, measure, confusion,
television, vision)

/h/ glottal fricative voiceless (hello, house, hat, hand)


3) AFFRICATES

/ʧ/ palato-alveolar voiceles (chair, chesse, child, church)

/dʒ/ palato-alveolar voiced (George, July, jealous, jungle)

4) NASALS (voiced)

/m/ nasal, bilabial voiced

/n/ nasal, alveolar voiced

/ɳ/ nasal velar voiced (sing, along )

5) LATERAL

/l/ alveolar lateral voiced (lamp, field)

6) FRINCTIONLESS CONTINUANT

/r/ post alveolar voiced (the air escapes continuously) (right, write,
rite)

7) SEMIVOWELS (sound like a vowel but they behave as consonant)

/j/ palatal voiced (yellow, yes, you)

/w/ labio-velar voiced (which, what, away)

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