Bilabials
[Consonants]
[Place of Articulation]
- Sound made by bringing both lips closer together.
(e.g.) [b], [p], [m], [w]
Labiodentals
[Consonants]
[Place of Articulation]
- Sound made with the lower lip against the upper front teeth.
(e.g.) [v], [f]
Interdentals
[Consonants]
[Place of Articulation]
- Sound made with the tip of the tongue between the front teeth.
(e.g.) [?], [�]
Alveolars
[Consonants]
[Place of Articulation]
- Sound made with the tongue tip at or near ridge, just behind upper front teeth.
(e.g.) [d], [t], [z], [s], [n], [l], [r]
Alveo-palatals
[Consonants]
[Place of Articulation]
- Sound made with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate just behind the tooth ridge.
(e.g.) [?], [t?], [d?], [?]
Velars
[Consonants]
[Place of Articulation]
- Sound made with the tongue near the velum, the soft part of the roof of the mouth.
(e.g.) [g], [k], [?]
Glottals
[Consonants]
[Place of Articulation]
- Sound made at the glottis.
(e.g.) [h]
Stops
[Consonants]
[Manner of Articulation]
- Sound made bu obstructing the air stream completely in the oral cavity.
(e.g.) [b], [p], [d], [t], [g], [k]
Fricatives
[Consonants]
[Manner of Articulation]
- Sound made by forming a nearly complete stoppage of the airstream.
(e.g.) [f], [v], [?], [�], [s], [z], [?], [?]
Affricates
[Consonants]
[Manner of Articulation]
- Sound made by briefly stopping the airstream completely and then releasing the articulators slightly so that friction is produced.
(e.g.) [?], [?]
Nasals
[Consonants]
[Manner of Articulation]
-Sound produced with the velum lowered and a complete obstruction in the oral cavity.
(e.g.) [m], [n], [?]
Liquids
[Consonants]
[Manner of Articulation]
- Sound produced with an obstruction formed by the articulators, which is not narrow enough to stop the airflow or to cause friction.
(e.g.) [l], [r]
Glides
[Consonants]
[Manner of Articulation]
-Sound made with only a slight closure of the articulators. Also known as 'semi-vowels'.
(e.g.) [w], [y]
Dipthongs
[Vowels]
- A sequence of two sounds, vowel plus glide. (moves a lot)
(e.g.) [aw], [ay], [oy]
Tongue height
[Vowels]
-Raising or lowering the body of the tongue.
Tenseness/laxness
[Vowel]
- Making movements with tense or lax gesture.
Off-glides
[Vowel]
- Glide one vowel(pure vowel) to another vowel(semi-vowel).
(e.g.) [iy], [ey], [uw], [ow]