CONSONANT

SOUNDS
 Learning Objectives:
After reading this INFORMATION SHEET, YOU MUST be
able to:
1. Identify consonant sounds and vocalize it properly
Consonant sounds are produced with a
certain degree of obstruction and
restriction of the organs of speech.
 bilabial

a consonant sound formed by closure or

near closure of the lips.
 ALVEOLAR

(of a speech sound) made by putting

your tongue against the hard place
behind your top front teeth: /t/, /z/, and
/n/ are alveolar sounds in English.
 VELAR

(of a speech sound) pronounced with the back of the

tongue near the soft palate, as in k and g in English.
 Labiodental

refers to a consonant speech sound

produced when the bottom lip touches
the upper teeth.
 Fricative

consonants are made by squeezing air

between a small gap as it leaves the
body.
 DENTAL

(of a consonant) pronounced with the tip

of the tongue against the upper front
teeth (as th ) or the alveolar ridge (as n,
d, t ).
 ALVEO -PALATAL
articulated with the blade or front of the tongue
approaching or touching the front of the hard palate near
its junction with the alveolar ridge; having a primary
palatal articulation and a secondary alveolar articulation
 LATERAL
When something is extending to the side
or moving to the side