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List of consonants
In speech, consonants may have different places of articulation, generally with full or partial stoppage of the airstream. ...
Labials are consonants articulated either with both lips (bilabial articulation) or with the lower lip and the upper teeth (labiodental articulation). ...
In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips. ...
The bilabial clicks are a family of click consonants found only in the Southern Khoisan family, the ‡Hõã language of Botswana, and the Damin ritual jargon of Australia. ...
The bilabial ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The bilabial nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The bilabial trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced bilabial approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced bilabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced bilabial implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced bilabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless bilabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless bilabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
In phonetics, labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lips and the upper teeth, or viceversa. ...
The labiodental approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The labiodental nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Coronal consonants are articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue. ...
Dentals are consonants such as t, d, n, and l articulated with either the lower or the upper teeth, or both, rather than with the gum ridge as in English. ...
The dental click is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The dental ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The dental nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced dental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced dental implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced dental plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless dental fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless dental plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
retroflex plosive Retroflex consonants cover two points of articulation. ...
The retroflex approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The retroflex flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The retroflex lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced retroflex fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced retroflex plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless retroflex fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless retroflex plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Alveolar consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the superior teeth. ...
The alveolar approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
The alveolar ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The alveolar ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The alveolar tap/flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The alveolar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
The lateral alveolar flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The alveolar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages (such as Russian, Spanish, Armenian, and Polish). ...
The lateral alveolar click is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The velarized alveolar lateral approximant (also known as dark l) is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced alveolar fricatives are a type of consonantal sound. ...
The voiced alveolar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced alveolar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless alveolar fricatives are a type of consonantal sound. ...
The voiceless alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless alveolar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. ...
Postalveolar (or palato-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tip of the tongue between the alveolar ridge (the place of articulation for alveolar consonants) and the palate (the place of articulation for palatal consonants). ...
The postalveolar click is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced postalveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced palato-alveolar fricative or domed postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless palato-alveolar fricative or domed postalveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Alveolo-palatal consonants - voiced alveolo-palatal fricative [ʑ]
- voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative [ɕ]
In phonetics, alveolo-palatal are consonants articulated with the tip of the tongue between the alveolar ridge and the palate, but closer to the palate than for postalveolar consonants. ...
The voiced alveolo-palatal voiceless or laminal postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative or laminal postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Dorsal consonants are articulated with the back of the tongue against either the hard palate, or the flexible velum just behind it, or even against the uvula. ...
Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth). ...
The palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in very many spoken languages. ...
The palatal click is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The palatal ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The palatal lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
The palatal nasal is a type of consonant, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced palatal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced palatal implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced palatal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless palatal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless palatal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
Labial-palatal consonants - labial-palatal approximant [ɥ]
In phonetics, the labialised palatal approximant is a consonant with two constrictions in the vocal tract: with the tongue on the palate, and rounded at the lips. ...
The labial-palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate (the back part of the roof of the mouth, known also as the velum). ...
The velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The velar ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The velar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The velar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced velar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless palatal-velar fricative (also voiceless dorso-palatal velar fricative, voiceless postalveolar and velar fricative, voiceless coarticulated velar and palatoalveolar fricative) is a term used for a range of similar sounds used in most dialects of Swedish to realize the phoneme . ...
The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. ...
Labial-velar consonants - voiced labial-velar approximant [w] (witch)
- voiceless labial-velar approximant [ʍ] (which)
Labial-velar consonants are doubly articulated at the velum and the lips. ...
The labial-velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in certain spoken languages. ...
The voiceless labial-velar approximant (traditionally called a fricative) is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Uvulars are consonants articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the uvula, that is, further back in the mouth than velar consonants. ...
The uvular ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The uvular nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The uvular trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced uvular implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced uvular plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless uvular plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Radical consonants are articulated with the root (base) of the tongue in the throat. ...
A pharyngeal consonant is a type of consonant which is articulated with the root of the tongue against the pharynx. ...
The voiced pharyngeal approximant/fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless pharyngeal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
An epiglottal consonant is a consonant that is articulated with the epiglottis against the back of the pharynx. ...
The epiglottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced epiglottal approximant/fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless epiglottal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Glottal consonants are consonants articulated with the glottis. ...
The breathy-voiced glottal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless glottal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in many spoken languages. ...
In speech there are different ways of producing a consonant. ...
A nasal consonant is produced when the velum—that fleshy part of the palate near the back—is lowered, allowing air to escape freely through the nose. ...
The alveolar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The bilabial nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The dental nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The labiodental nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The palatal nasal is a type of consonant, used in some spoken languages. ...
The retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The uvular nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The velar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
A stop, plosive, or occlusive is a consonant sound produced by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract. ...
The epiglottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced alveolar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced bilabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced dental plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced palatal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced retroflex plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced uvular plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless alveolar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. ...
The voiceless bilabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless dental plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in many spoken languages. ...
The voiceless palatal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless retroflex plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless uvular plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. ...
Fricative consonants are produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together. ...
The alveolar ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced alveolar fricatives are a type of consonantal sound. ...
The voiced alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced alveolo-palatal voiceless or laminal postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced bilabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced dental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced epiglottal approximant/fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The breathy-voiced glottal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced palatal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced pharyngeal approximant/fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced palato-alveolar fricative or domed postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced retroflex fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless alveolar fricatives are a type of consonantal sound. ...
The voiceless alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative or laminal postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless bilabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless dental fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless epiglottal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless glottal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless palatal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless palatal-velar fricative (also voiceless dorso-palatal velar fricative, voiceless postalveolar and velar fricative, voiceless coarticulated velar and palatoalveolar fricative) is a term used for a range of similar sounds used in most dialects of Swedish to realize the phoneme . ...
The voiceless pharyngeal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless retroflex fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
Affricate consonants begin like stops (most often an alveolar, such as or ), but release as a fricative such as or (or, a couple languages, into a fricative trill) rather than directly into the following vowel. ...
The voiced postalveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiceless palato-alveolar fricative or domed postalveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Approximants are speech sounds that could be regarded as intermediate between vowels and typical consonants. ...
The alveolar approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
The alveolar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced bilabial approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The labial-palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The labial-velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in certain spoken languages. ...
The voiceless labial-velar approximant (traditionally called a fricative) is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The labiodental approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in very many spoken languages. ...
The palatal lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. ...
The retroflex approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The retroflex lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The velar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The velarized alveolar lateral approximant (also known as dark l) is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
In phonetics, a flap or tap is a type of consonantal sound, which is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator is thrown against another. ...
The alveolar tap/flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The lateral alveolar flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The retroflex flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
In phonetics, a trill is a consonantal sound produced by vibrations between the articulator and the place of articulation. ...
The alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages (such as Russian, Spanish, Armenian, and Polish). ...
The bilabial trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The uvular trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Ejective consonants are a class of consonants which may contrast with aspirated or unaspirated consonants in a language. ...
The alveolar ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The alveolar ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The bilabial ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The dental ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The palatal ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The uvular ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The velar ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Implosive consonants are plosives (rarely affricates) with a glottalic ingressive airstream mechanism. ...
The voiced alveolar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced bilabial implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced dental implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced palatal implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced uvular implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The voiced velar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
Clicks are stops produced with two articulatory closures in the oral cavity. ...
The bilabial clicks are a family of click consonants found only in the Southern Khoisan family, the ‡Hõã language of Botswana, and the Damin ritual jargon of Australia. ...
The dental click is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The lateral alveolar click is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The palatal click is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
The postalveolar click is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ...
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