Consonants Summary
Consonants summary chart
From our discussion of the naming convention for consonants, we see that any consonant can be summarized in terms of a tripartite description that indicates its voicing, place of articulation and manner of articulation. For example, /p/ would be described as a voiceless bilabial plosive, /z/ as a voiced alveolar fricative, and /ŋ/ as a voiced velar nasal. Table 15 shows all the English consonants discussed so far.
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manner |
place of articulation |
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bilabial |
labio-dental |
dental |
alveolar |
post-alveolar |
palatal |
velar |
glottal |
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plosive |
p |
b |
t |
d |
k |
ɡ |
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nasal |
m |
n |
ŋ |
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fricative |
f |
v |
θ |
ð |
s |
z |
ʃ |
ʒ |
h |
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affricate |
tʃ |
dʒ |
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approximant |
w |
r/l |
j |
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Note: |
Conventionally, where symbols appear in pairs, the voiceless consonant is listed before its voiced counterpart. |
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Table 15. English consonants.
This concludes English Speech Sounds 101