consonant
speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract
fricative consonant
consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together
labiodental consonant
consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth
lateral consonant
l-like consonant in which the airstream proceeds along the sides of the tongue, but it is blocked by the tongue from going through the middle of the mouth
tenuis consonant
obstruent that is voiceless, unaspirated and unglottalized
intervocalic consonant
consonant that occurs in the middle of a word, between two vowels
sun letter
type of consonant in Arabic and Maltese
anterior consonant
consonants articulated in the front of the mouth
bilabial consonant
consonant articulated with both lips
liquid consonant
class of sounds including L and R
radical consonant
consonant articulated with the root of the tongue
trill consonant
type of consonant
retroflex consonant
type of consonant articulation
aspiration
strong burst of breath that accompanies either the release or closure of some obstruents
obstruent
speech sound formed by obstructing airflow
oral consonant
consonant sound in speech that is made by allowing air to escape from the mouth, as opposed to the nose
syllabic consonant
consonant which either forms a syllable by itself or is the nucleus of a syllable
pre-stopped consonant
phonological process involving the historical or allophonic insertion of a very short stop consonant before a sonorant, such as a short [d] before a nasal [n] or a lateral [l]
pulmonic consonant
type of consonant in phonetics
voiced consonant
consonant pronounced with the larynx vibrating
postvocalic consonant
consonant that occurs after a vowel
sonorant
speech sound produced with continuous, non-turbulent airflow in the vocal tract
glottal consonant
consonant produced using the glottis as the primary articulation
pharyngeal consonant
consonant articulated through the pharynx
voiced alveolar stop
consonantal sound
laryngeal consonant
consonants articulated in the larynx
homorganic consonant
consonant sound articulated in the same place of articulation as another
peripheral consonant
non-coronal (labial and velar) consonants
velar consonant
consonant articulated with the back part of the tongue
nasal consonant
consonant pronounced by letting air escape through the nose but not through the mouth
moon letter
type of consonant in Arabic and Maltese
occlusive consonant
consonant sound produced by blocking airflow in the vocal tract, but not necessarily in the nasal tract
co-articulated consonant
consonants produced with two places of articulation
alveolar consonant
consonants articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge
coronal consonant
consonant sound articulated using the flexible front part of the tongue
dorsal consonant
consonant articulated with the back of the tongue
central consonant
consonant sound that is produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue
Korean fortis consonant
class of phonemes in Korean (ㄲ /k͈/, ㅉ /t͈ɕ/, ㄸ /t͈/, ㅃ /p͈/, ㅆ /s͈/)
plosive consonant
consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases
labiovelar consonant
topics referred to by the same term
uvular consonant
consonant produced with tongue near or against the uvula
doubly articulated consonant
consonant with two simultaneous primary places of articulation of the same manner
depressor consonant
consonant that reduces the tone (pitch contour) of adjacent syllables
affricate consonant
consonant that begins as a stop but releases as a fricative
dental consonant
consonant that is articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth
flap consonant
consonants produced with a single muscle contraction
aspirata
form of ancient Greek consonants