Clarifying English Consonants

Place: Where is the sound is made?

Front Middle Back
Lips Teeth + Lips Teeth + Tongue Gum Ridge Gum Ridge/Hard Soft Palate Throat
Manner: (bilabial) (labiodental) (dental) (alveolar) Palate (velar) (glottal)
How does (alveolo-palatal/
the air post alveolar)
flow?
Stop p b t d ch dg k g
(air is blocked
and released) /ʧ/ /ʤ/
Continuant m f v th th s z sh zh ng h
(air flows
(nasal) /θ/ /ð/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /ŋ/
continuously)
(nasal)

w n
(nasal)

l y
(palatal)

VOICE: Do I use my voice?

voiceless voiced

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