Organs

of Speech
Compiler:
 Nurizkia Dewi 1882050051
 Awang Kuswara 1882050049
Organ of Speech
Organ of speech is the
various organs of our
mouth we use to produce
speech sounds.
 The
• Tongueorgan of speech are:
• Soft palate or
• Lips velum
• Teeth • Pharynx
• Alveolar ridge • Larynx
• Hard palate • Uvula
• Glottis
They can be devided
into two types:

1. Passive articulators
2. Active articulators
Lips The two lips serve for creating different sounds;

1. Labial
2. Bilabial
Tongue
The tongue is the most important articulator in the speech organs.

Tongue is devided into

five parts;

• Tip
• Blade
• Front
• Back
• Root
The alveolar ridge
include the area beetwen the upper front teeth and the hard palate.
To produce alveolar consonant sounds such as; /t/, /d/, /l/, /n/, /s/, /z/

Hard palate
A thin horizontal bony plate of the skull,
located in the roof of the mouth.

Soft palate or velum

It should have holes forming that
Function during speech to separate
the oral cavity (mouth) from the nose.
Uvula It functions is tandem with the back of throat, the palate, and air coming up from the
lungs to create a number of guttural and other sounds.

The pharynx
is like a tube beginning just above the larynx
and ending two parts.

Glottis
Combination of vocal folds
and space in beetwen the folds.
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